Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

EducationMakers

Josie Johnson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

LawMakers

The Honorable Shelvin Louise Hall

Appellate Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

MediaMakers

Stuart Rankin

Advertising Manager

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Herbert Tucker, Jr.

Civic Leader, County Superior Court Judge

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr.

Media Executive, Investment Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President