Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

CivicMakers

Art Minson

Community Leader, Labor Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Billie Wright Adams

Medical Professor, Pediatrician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

CivicMakers

Dorothy Runner

Civic Volunteer

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MedicalMakers

Dr. John Clark, Jr.

Medical Professor, Obstetrician

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

MediaMakers

Armstrong Williams

Media Commentator

EducationMakers

Al-Tony Gilmore

Federal Education Administrator, History Professor

ArtMakers

Della Hardman

Art Professor

PoliticalMakers

Joseph Segars

Consul General, Foreign Ambassador

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Daniel A. Collins

Dentist

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Walter Dean Myers

Fiction Writer

LawMakers

Larry Dingle

Administrative Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Lenny Springs

Bank Executive

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

MediaMakers

Melvin Hart

Marketing Executive, Newspaper Publishing Executive

ArtMakers

Merton Simpson

Painter

SportsMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Bernie Casey

Film Actor, Football Player

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Hurst Adams

Bishop

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

ArtMakers

Charles Randolph-Wright

Stage Director

CivicMakers

Robert Foster

Federal Government Employee, Federal Government Administrator

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

CivicMakers

John W. Mack

Civic Leader, City Government Appointee, Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Lewis Myers

Actor

EducationMakers

Frank Toland, Sr.

History Professor

EducationMakers

B. B. De Laine

High School Administrator

StyleMakers

Marion Anderson

Master Tailor, Tailoring Instructor