Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

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

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

LawMakers

Keith H. Williamson

Corporate Executive, Corporate Lawyer

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor

MediaMakers

Chuck Stone

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

EducationMakers, BusinessMakers

David A. Thomas

Business Professor, Economist, College President

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Pastor

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor