Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

Social Activist, Family Practitioner, Consumer Activist

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

ScienceMakers

Samuel Massie

Chemistry Professor, Organic Chemist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Sandye Jean McIntyre, II

Foreign Languages Professor, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official