Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

William Hudgins

Banker, Bank Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

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

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer, II

Community Activist, Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

ScienceMakers

Waverly Person

Geophysicist

LawMakers

The Honorable Leander Shaw

State Supreme Court Judge

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Porter G. Peeples

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

CivicMakers

William Layton

Historian, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Audrey Grevious

Civil Rights Activist, High School Teacher, Association Executive

EducationMakers

Chester Grundy

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

The Honorable Charles Freeman

State Supreme Court Judge

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Harry B. Johnson

Lieutenant Colonel

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Warrick L. Carter

Academic Administrator, College President

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

LawMakers

Oliver W. Hill

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Henry L. Marsh, III

Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Robert D. Blackwell, Sr.

Corporate Executive, Technology Chief Executive, Technology Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist