Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

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

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

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

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

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

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

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

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

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Theophilus Caviness

Pastor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Robert Stanton

Federal Government Official

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Charles R. Jordan

City Parks Administrator, Foundation Chief Executive, City Social Service Worker

ReligionMakers

Evans Crawford

Academic Administrator, Theologian

MediaMakers

Johnathan Rodgers

Television Executive

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician