Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean

MedicalMakers

Dr. Marvin Shelton

Orthopedic Surgeon

EntertainmentMakers

Stan Lathan

Television Producer

CivicMakers

Warren Marr, II

Civic Leader

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

EducationMakers

H. Patrick Swygert

University President

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

CivicMakers

Robert Woodson

Community Development Chief Executive, Social Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

EducationMakers

James Lee

High School Mechanics Teacher

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edward Parker

Sculptor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gayraud Wilmore

Pastor, Theologian

CivicMakers

Dan Moore, Sr.

Museum Director

ReligionMakers

Reverend Emmanuel McCall

Pastor, Theologian

MusicMakers

McCoy Tyner

Jazz Pianist

MediaMakers

Doug Banks

Radio Personality

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Herbert Paul Douglas, Jr.

Track and Field Athlete

LawMakers

Derrick A. Bell, Jr.

Law Professor, Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ArtMakers

Ed Bullins

Playwright

MediaMakers

Acel Moore

Newspaper Columnist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Chaka Fattah

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President