Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

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

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

MediaMakers

Barbara Boyd

Television Reporter

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

MusicMakers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Music Composer

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

BusinessMakers

Eric Johnson

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

MediaMakers

Hermene Hartman

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

BusinessMakers

Lester McKeever

Accountant

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

MediaMakers

Russ Ewing

Television Reporter

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

LawMakers

Jewel Lafontant-MANkarious

Lawyer

MediaMakers

Merri Dee

Television Personality

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carol Moseley Braun

U.S. Senator

MediaMakers

Richard Pegue

Radio Personality, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

John Rogers, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

MediaMakers

Warner Saunders

Television Reporter

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Dempsey J. Travis

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Historian