Maker Directory

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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

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

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, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.

Pastor

MediaMakers

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard Brookins, Sr.

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

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

ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

CivicMakers

C. Vincent Bakeman

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

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

Johnny M. Brown

Retail Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

CivicMakers

Badi Foster

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

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilson Frost

City Council Member