Maker Directory

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EntertainmentMakers

Charles F. Johnson

Television Actor, Television Producer

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Warwick

Entertainer, Singer

EducationMakers, BusinessMakers

David A. Thomas

Business Professor, Economist, College President

LawMakers

Solomon Brown Watson, IV

Corporate General Counsel

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

ArtMakers

Peg Alston

Art Gallery Owner

ArtMakers

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Artistic Director, Dancer

ArtMakers

Jim Alexander

Photographer

MediaMakers

Dennis Paul Kimbro

Management Consultant, Author

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Pastor

CivicMakers

Lezli Baskerville

Lawyer, Education Chief Executive, Education Executive

CivicMakers

Alice Windom

Social Worker

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Bush Wilson

Real Estate Lawyer, Association Branch Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

The Honorable Wayman Smith

Corporate Executive, Municipal Court Judge, City Alderman, Political leader

MusicMakers

Florence LaRue

Singer

ArtMakers

R. Gregory Christie

Illustrator

CivicMakers

Donald L. Hense

Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Leatrice McKissack

Architect

LawMakers, EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Larkin Arnold

Talent Management Chief Executive, Entertainment Lawyer, Music Executive

CivicMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Dick Gregory

Civil Rights Activist, Comedian

SportsMakers

Mannie Jackson

Corporate Executive, Basketball Team Owner

MediaMakers

Russ Mitchell

Television News Anchor

LawMakers

Deborah Lathen

Corporate Lawyer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Bill Lawson

Pastor

ScienceMakers

Julius Taylor

Physics Professor, Physicist

CivicMakers

Ann Walker

Civil Rights Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Cardiss Collins

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Maya Angelou

Poet

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Lamonte McLemore

Photographer, Singer

ArtMakers

Martha Jordan

Dancer

LawMakers

The Honorable Eric Washington

Chief Appellate Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Freeman Bosley, Jr.

Lawyer, Mayor

CivicMakers

Cornelius "Boots" Shepard

Railroad Chef

EducationMakers

John Harris

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers, PoliticalMakers

Steven Roberts, Sr.

Entrepreneur, City Alderman

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

Michael Roberts, Sr.

City Alderman, Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Lois Conley

Museum Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Anne-Marie Clarke

Family Court Commissioner, Hearing Officer

EntertainmentMakers

Reginald Hudlin

Film Director, Broadcast Executive, Television Director

EntertainmentMakers

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Television Actor, Television Director

ArtMakers

Ken Page

Actor

CivicMakers

Hilary Shelton

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

George L. Miles, Jr.

Broadcast Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian

Civil Rights Leader, Minister

ScienceMakers

James Shoffner

Organic Chemist

BusinessMakers

Earl Stafford

Entrepreneur

StyleMakers, BusinessMakers

Norma Jean Darden

Restaurateur, Model, Entrepreneur

MusicMakers

Fatin Dantzler

R & B Singer, Songwriter