Maker Directory

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LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

State Attorney General, State Comptroller, U.S. Senator

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

Howard "Pete" Rawlings

State Delegate

ArtMakers

Lloyd Richards

Academic Administrator, Stage Actor, Theater Director

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard Brookins, Sr.

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ray Ewell

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Giles

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rickey Hendon

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard A. Kenner

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Charles Morrow, III

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sylvester Rhem

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Todd Stroger

City Alderman, State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Arthur Turner

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse White

State Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Paul Williams

State Representative

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

ArtMakers

Okoro Harold Johnson

Playwright, Stage Actor, Theater Director