Maker Directory

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SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Theophilus Caviness

Pastor

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Robert Stanton

Federal Government 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

MedicalMakers, BusinessMakers

Dr. Kneeland Youngblood

Private Equity Chief Executive, Emergency Physician

LawMakers

U. Lawrence Boze

Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ron Kirk

Mayor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bernard Parks

Police Chief, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Willis Edwards

Association Chief Executive, Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Peter F. Hurst, Jr.

Bank Executive

LawMakers

Keith H. Williamson

Corporate Executive, Corporate Lawyer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Shelvin Jerome Hall

Pastor, Religious Leader

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor

MediaMakers

Chuck Stone

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

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

SportsMakers, MediaMakers

William Blair, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Newspaper Publishing Executive, Baseball Player, Newspaper Publisher