Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable David Coar

Federal Judge

EducationMakers

Barbara A. Sizemore

Academic Administrator, School Superintendent, Education Professor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

MusicMakers

Kahil El'Zabar

Jazz Percussionist

MusicMakers

Morris Butch Stewart

Music Producer, Songwriter

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

EducationMakers

Zerrie D. Campbell

College President

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MedicalMakers

Dr. John Clark, Jr.

Medical Professor, Obstetrician

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Earl S. Richardson

University President

LawMakers, MediaMakers

John Jacob "Jake" Oliver

Corporate Lawyer, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Gavin, III

Medical School President, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive

MusicMakers

Donald "Duck" Porter

Singer, Doowop Singer

CivicMakers

Amy Tate Billingsley

Civic Leader

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Russell Adams

African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Anne Ashmore-Hudson

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Woodie King, Jr.

Stage Director, Theater Director

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

EntertainmentMakers

William Greaves

Documentary Filmmaker, Stage Actor, Film Director

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

EducationMakers

Nelvia M. Brady

Academic Administrator, Education Administrator

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

CivicMakers

Alma Arrington Brown

Bank Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

BusinessMakers

Howard Brown, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor