| Dr. Ruth Anderson |
First African American woman elected to the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors |
| Antioch Baptist Church |
One of the oldest and largest African American Churches in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Randolph Dean |
Deacon at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa |
| James Esters |
Retired Supervisor from Rath Packing Company in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Betty J. Furgerson |
First African American woman to serve as a member on the Waterloo School Board; first African American woman to serve as Executive Director of the Waterloo Human Rights Commission, and Member of the Iowa Board of Regents |
| Walter Gray |
Business Owner, Gray’s Barber Shop in Waterloo, Iowa |
Elra Johnson
Age 102 (1906-2008) |
Civil Rights Activist and politically active in Mississippi and Iowa |
| KBBG FM 88.1 |
Community Radio Station "Communicate to Educate" in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Russell Lowe (1922-2007) |
First African American man to teach at East High School, Member of Waterloo School Board, and Chair of Cattle Congress Board |
| Bennie Moore |
Retired from Rath Packing Company in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Vivert Norman |
Humanitarian and Harlem Globetrotter |
| Ruthie O’Neal |
Yard Decoration Artist in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Rachael Patterson |
Co-Founder of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Olabelle Reed |
One of the first African American women teachers in the Waterloo School District |
| Millie Saffold |
Private Home Cleaner; husband worked at John Deere (Died from working in foundry) in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Dorothy Sallis (1925-2011) |
First African American woman Probation Officer in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Mary Spencer (1934-2009) |
Teacher, West Intermediate & Logan School in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Monroe Stevens |
Retired Union Officer from Rath Packing Company and Political Activist in Waterloo, Iowa |
| Anna Mae Weems |
Civil Rights Activist and first African American woman to be employed as Director of the Iowa Workforce Center |
| Willie Mae Wright |
First elected African American woman to serve on the Waterloo City Council |
