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

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

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

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

EducationMakers

Josie Johnson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Shelvin Louise Hall

Appellate Court Judge

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Valarie Justiss Vance

Social Work Researcher

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

EducationMakers

Edith Armstead Gray

High School Home Economics Teacher

EducationMakers

Ethel Darden

Elementary School Teacher

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Theophilus Caviness

Pastor

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Robert Stanton

Federal Government Official

CivicMakers

Harriett G. Jenkins

Research Manager, Federal Government Administrator