Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

EducationMakers

Josie Johnson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

LawMakers

The Honorable Shelvin Louise Hall

Appellate Court Judge

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

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

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

CivicMakers

Valarie Justiss Vance

Social Work Researcher

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Edith Armstead Gray

High School Home Economics Teacher

EducationMakers

Ethel Darden

Elementary School Teacher