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

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

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

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

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

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

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

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

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

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

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

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian