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

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard Brookins, Sr.

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Giles

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

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

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

Johnny M. Brown

Retail Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

MilitaryMakers

Joseph Gomer

Tuskegee Airman

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

EducationMakers

Chester Grundy

Academic Administrator

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend T. L. Barrett, Jr.

Radio Host, Pastor