Maker Directory

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SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilma J. Webb

State Representative

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

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Harry G. Robinson, III

Urban Designer

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

SportsMakers

Darryl Hill

Football Player

CivicMakers

Valarie Justiss Vance

Social Work Researcher

LawMakers

Mercer Cook

State Deputy Attorney

EducationMakers

Edith Armstead Gray

High School Home Economics Teacher

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer

EducationMakers

Ethel Darden

Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Leatrice Branch Madison

Community Activist, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Ronald Gilbert Baker

Photographer

ArtMakers

Donald Baker

Photographer

StyleMakers

Roger Gore

Personal Care Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Theophilus Caviness

Pastor