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.
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.
- UndergraduateAlabama A&M University
- Law SchoolBoston University School of Law
- Practice AreaCivil Rights and Complex Litigation
- States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois, Alabama
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
L. Jared Boyd
CO-COUNSEL
Government and public affairs attorney who leads Missouri communications for the project and coordinates state-level record work.
- UndergraduateMorehouse College
- Law SchoolUniversity of Virginia School of Law
- Practice AreaGovernment and Public Affairs
- States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois
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