Maker Directory

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EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

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

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

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

MedicalMakers

Renee J. Amoore

Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive, Nurse

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

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

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

LawMakers

The Honorable Shelvin Louise Hall

Appellate Court Judge

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate 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

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor