Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Joseph Gomer

Tuskegee Airman

BusinessMakers

Shirley Hughes

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

CivicMakers

Marion McElroy

Diversity Specialist

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

ReligionMakers

Reverend Henry Soles

Chaplain

MedicalMakers

Dr. Heloise Westbrook

Anesthesiologist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eugene Sawyer

City Alderman, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

BusinessMakers

Jolyn H. Robichaux

Retail Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Father Richard L. Tolliver

Priest

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Useni Eugene Perkins

Poet, Foundation Chief Executive, Writer

MediaMakers

Salim Muwakkil

Magazine Editor, Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Melody Spann-Cooper

Broadcast Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

MediaMakers

Jannette L. Dates

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor, Dean

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Paul Adams, III

Civil Rights Activist, High School Principal

CivicMakers

Iva Carruthers

Sociologist

CivicMakers

Dorothy Runner

Civic Volunteer

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

ReligionMakers

Bishop Joseph Howze

Religious Leader

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

CivicMakers

Porter G. Peeples

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Business Leader, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Badi Foster

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, Educator, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

William Layton

Historian, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Richard Love

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge