Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

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

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Eric Johnson

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

BusinessMakers

Lester McKeever

Accountant

MediaMakers

Russ Ewing

Television Reporter

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.

Pastor

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

MediaMakers

Richard Pegue

Radio Personality, Radio Program Director

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

John Rogers, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Warner Saunders

Television Reporter

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Dempsey J. Travis

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Historian

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable William Sylvester White

Juvenile Court Judge, Military Officer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard Brookins, Sr.

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ray Ewell

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Giles

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard A. Kenner

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Charles Morrow, III

State Representative

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 Jesse White

State Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Paul Williams

State Representative

EducationMakers

Manford Byrd, Jr.

Elementary School Principal, School Superintendent, High School Principal

MediaMakers

Earl Calloway

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Fine Arts Editor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

MediaMakers

Donald J. Jackson

Media Company Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Okoro Harold Johnson

Playwright, Stage Actor, Theater Director