Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Fred C. Matthews, III

Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Lonnie Brooks

Blues Musician

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

LawMakers

The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian