Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

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

BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

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

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

EducationMakers

Manford Byrd, Jr.

Elementary School Principal, School Superintendent, High School Principal

MediaMakers

Earl Calloway

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Fine Arts Editor

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

CivicMakers

C. Vincent Bakeman

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

The Honorable Clark Burrus

Bank Executive, City Comptroller

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

ArtMakers

Bob Black

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers

Johnny M. Brown

Retail Entrepreneur