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

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

MediaMakers

Timothy Parker

Crossword Puzzle Designer

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

MediaMakers

Richard Pegue

Radio Personality, Radio Program Director

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

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

CivicMakers

Edward "Buzz" Palmer

Community Leader

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer, II

Community Activist, Newspaper Reporter

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ScienceMakers

Waverly Person

Geophysicist

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

SportsMakers

Robert Pickens

Football Player, Wrestler

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable R. Eugene Pincham

Civil Rights Activist, County Circuit Court Judge, State Appellate Court Judge, Trial Lawyer

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

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

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

ArtMakers

Useni Eugene Perkins

Poet, Foundation Chief Executive, Writer