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Maker Directory

Our HistoryMakers Digital Archive is an extensive resource with thousands of subjects. Use this Directory to filter and search our entire library. Members can save Makers to revisit later—find them any time on your My Account page. Browse by Maker Category to learn more about each professional group.

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BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

MediaMakers

Stuart Rankin

Advertising Manager

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Herbert Tucker, Jr.

Civic Leader, County Superior Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr.

Media Executive, Investment Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Harry G. Robinson, III

Urban Designer

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

SportsMakers

Darryl Hill

Football Player

LawMakers

Mercer Cook

State Deputy Attorney

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer

CivicMakers

Leatrice Branch Madison

Community Activist, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Robert C. Hayden

Historian, School Superintendent

LawMakers

Amy Robertson Goldson

Entertainment Lawyer

ArtMakers

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Ronald Gilbert Baker

Photographer

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