Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

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

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

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

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

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

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court