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Maker Directory

Our HistoryMakers Digital Archive is an extensive resource with thousands of subjects. Use this Directory to filter and search our entire library. Members can save Makers to revisit later—find them any time on your My Account page. Browse by Maker Category to learn more about each professional group.

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ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

BusinessMakers

William Hudgins

Banker, Bank Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

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

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

William Layton

Historian, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Charles Freeman

State Supreme Court Judge

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Harry B. Johnson

Lieutenant Colonel

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

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