Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry Lewis

Pharmacist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Virgil Norris

Community Activist, Surgeon

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

EducationMakers

James Early

Cultural Heritage Administrator, Folklorist

ScienceMakers

Samuel Massie

Chemistry Professor, Organic Chemist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Sandye Jean McIntyre, II

Foreign Languages Professor, Federal Government Appointee

EducationMakers

Richard I. McKinney

College President, Theologian

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

EntertainmentMakers

Avon Kirkland

Film Producer

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Col. Eugene Scott

Colonel (Retired)

MedicalMakers

Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Medical Professor, Oncologist, Surgeon

StyleMakers

Reginald Thomas

Fashion Designer

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Percy Bates

Education Professor

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom

Civic Leader, Pastor

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

ReligionMakers

Reverend Cecil L. "Chip" Murray

Community Activist, Pastor, Religious Leader

LawMakers

W. George Allen

Lawyer

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

CivicMakers

Lez Edmond

Civil Rights Activist, Psychology Professor, Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Daryl Shular

Chef, Culinary Instructor

MusicMakers

Julian White

Music Director