Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

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

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

EducationMakers

Josie Johnson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

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

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive