Maker Directory

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ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

William Hudgins

Banker, Bank Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

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

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

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

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

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

William Layton

Historian, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable Charles Freeman

State Supreme Court Judge

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

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

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

EducationMakers

Warrick L. Carter

Academic Administrator, College President

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