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

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

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

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

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

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

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

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor