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

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

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

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

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

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

MediaMakers

N. Don Wycliff

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

Chester Blair

Trial Lawyer

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Sherman Beverly

Education Consultant, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Ray Robinson

Telecommunications Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Valarie Justiss Vance

Social Work Researcher

CivicMakers

Julia Reed Hare

Psychologist

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Edith Armstead Gray

High School Home Economics Teacher

EducationMakers

Ethel Darden

Elementary School Teacher