The 1890 Project PUBLIC RECORD · 1890

PUBLIC RECORD · 1890

The Team

The 1890 Project’s credibility rests on its record and on the people willing to put their names to it. These are the professionals who carry it.

THE TEAM

The 1890 Project Team

A team of attorneys and public affairs professionals with more than fifty years of combined experience in America’s courts, legislatures, and communities, each with deep HBCU roots and a demonstrated commitment to public service.

Don Calloway

Donald Calloway, Jr.

FOUNDER & LEAD COUNSEL

Founder of the project and counsel of record; principal of Calloway Law | Public Interest Counsel and Pine Street Advisors. Former Member, Missouri General Assembly, and national cable news commentator.

  • UndergraduateAlabama A&M University
  • Law SchoolBoston University School of Law
  • Practice AreaCivil Rights and Complex Litigation
  • States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois, Alabama
Kenneth Powell, III

Kenneth Powell, III

LEAD CO-COUNSEL

St. Louis trial lawyer and founder of the Powell Law Firm, raised in a family shaped by three generations of civil rights leadership.

  • UndergraduateUniversity of Kansas
  • Law SchoolSaint Louis University School of Law
  • Practice AreaPersonal Injury and Civil Justice
  • States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois, South Carolina
Jared Boyd

L. Jared Boyd

CO-COUNSEL

Veteran government and public affairs attorney who coordinates state-level record work and acts as liaison with elected officials in Missouri and nationally.

  • UndergraduateMorehouse College
  • Law SchoolUniversity of Virginia School of Law
  • Practice AreaGovernment and Public Affairs
  • States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois
John Bowman

John Bowman

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COORDINATOR

Former Missouri State Representative, Chairman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus, and national organized labor leader, now President of the St. Louis County NAACP, who leads the project’s civic and community engagement across the state.

  • UndergraduateFontbonne University
  • GraduateFontbonne University, MBA; Harvard Kennedy School Executive Certificate
  • FocusPublic Affairs and Community Engagement
  • StateMissouri
Cal Harris

Cal Harris

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Writer and political communications strategist who has shaped messaging for mayors and elected officials across the country, and who leads the project’s national media.

  • UndergraduateMorehouse College
  • GraduateBrandeis University
    New York University
  • FocusNational Media and Communications Strategy
  • StateNew York