Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon

Minister

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

State Attorney General, State Comptroller, U.S. Senator

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

MediaMakers

Barbara Boyd

Television Reporter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

MusicMakers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Music Composer

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Eric Johnson

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MediaMakers

Hermene Hartman

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

Joyce Hughes

Law Professor

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

BusinessMakers

Lester McKeever

Accountant

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

MediaMakers

Russ Ewing

Television Reporter

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.

Pastor

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

LawMakers

Jewel Lafontant-MANkarious

Lawyer

MediaMakers

Merri Dee

Television Personality

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carol Moseley Braun

U.S. Senator

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

MediaMakers

Richard Pegue

Radio Personality, Radio Program Director

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

John Rogers, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive