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

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

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

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

LawMakers

The Honorable Shelvin Louise Hall

Appellate Court Judge

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

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

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President