| Name |
Image |
Birth–Death |
Year |
Area of achievement |
| Walker Anderson |
|
(1866–1904) |
1973 |
Construction Man |
| Honorable Karen M. Ashby |
|
|
2016 |
Colorado Court of Appeals |
| James A. Atkins |
|
(1890–1968) |
1973 |
Teacher |
| Ulysses H. Baker |
|
(1869–1933) |
1973 |
Police Detective |
| Odell C. Barry |
|
(1941–2022) |
2006 |
Politician and businessman |
| Jim Beckwourth |
 |
(1798–1866) |
1973 |
Scout and trapper |
| Jerome C. Biffle |
 |
(1928–2002) |
1973 |
Athlete and high school counselor |
| Jack Bradley |
|
(1919–2000) |
1973 |
Musician |
| Moses Brewer |
|
(1947–) |
2012 |
Multicultural relations/marketing |
| "Aunt" Clara Brown |
 |
(1800–1882) |
1973 |
Freed slave-philanthropist |
| George L. Brown |
 |
(1926–2006) |
1973 |
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado |
| Victoria "Vikki" Denise Buckley |
|
(1949–1999) |
2000 |
Colorado Secretary of State |
| Denise Burgess |
|
|
N.D. |
First African-American to chair the Denver Metro Chamber of Congress |
| Charles Burrell |
 |
(1920–) |
N.D. |
Musician |
| Byron Caldwell |
|
(1926–2004) |
1973 |
Civic Worker |
| Elvin R. Caldwell |
 |
(1919–2004) |
1973 |
Denver city councilman |
| Thomas Campbell, LLD |
|
(1869–1957) |
1973 |
Attorney |
| Terrance D. Carroll |
 |
(1969–) |
2010 |
Speaker of the House, CO House of Representatives |
| Alta Cousins |
|
(1884–1971) |
1973 |
|
| Charles Lilburn Cousins[2] |
|
(1881–1962) |
1973 |
|
| Lulu Craig |
|
(1867–1971) |
1973 |
Teacher |
| Major Oleta Lawanda Crain |
|
(1913–2007) |
1996 |
WAAC/USAF - First African-American servicewoman from Colorado |
| Gilbert Cruter |
|
(1915–2005) |
1973 |
First African-American educator for Denver Public Schools |
| Honorable Wiley Y. Daniel |
|
(1946–2019) |
2012 |
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado |
| Hiawatha Davis Jr. |
|
(1944–2000) |
1998 |
Denver City Councilman |
| Evie Dennis |
|
(1924–) |
1990 |
First African-American and first woman superintendent of Denver Public Schools |
| Ruth Denny[3] |
|
(1920–2012) |
2014 |
Educator and civil rights activist |
| Elva J. Dulan |
|
(1914–2000) |
1973 |
Public Health |
| Honorable James C. Flanigan |
|
(1915–2008) |
1973 |
Colorado's first African-American judge |
| Barney Ford |
 |
(1822–1902) |
1973 |
Businessman |
| Justina Ford |
 |
(1871–1952) |
1973 |
Colorado's first African-American woman physician |
| Eugene Gash |
|
(1921–1995) |
1973 |
Concert pianist |
| James C. Gaskin |
|
(1916–2009) |
1973 |
First African-American director, Veteran's administration hospital, Denver 1971-78 |
| Bernard F. Gipson, M.D. |
|
(1921–2015) |
1973 |
Surgeon |
| Juanita Gray |
|
(1916–1987) |
1988 |
Civic leader |
| Zipporah Parks Hammond |
|
(1924–2011) |
2022 |
First African-American to graduate from nursing program in Colorado |
| Clarence F. Holmes, D.D.S. |
|
(1892–1978) |
1973 |
Dentist/Human rights and relations |
| Honorable Gary M. Jackson |
|
|
2022 |
|
| Oliver Toussaint Jackson |
 |
(1862–1946) |
1973 |
Pioneer |
| Ledyard C. Jones |
|
(1895–1971) |
1973 |
Bookkeeper and auditor |
| Honorable Raymond Dean Jones |
|
(1945–) |
1990 |
Colorado's first African-American appellate judge |
| Honorable Claudia J. Jordan |
|
(1953–) |
1996 |
Colorado's first African-American woman county court judge |
| Chief Roderick Juniel |
|
|
2020 |
First African American Chief of the Denver Fire Department |
| Reverend Leon Kelly |
|
(1956–) |
2022 |
|
| Oglesvie L. "Sonny" Lawson |
|
(1893–1969) |
1973 |
Pharmacist/First African-American serving Denver Public Library Commission |
| Wendell T. Liggins |
|
(1914–1991) |
1985 |
Minister - Zion Baptist Church, Denver Public Library Commission member |
| Earl Mann |
|
(1886–1969) |
1973 |
Legislator/Writer, CO House of Representatives 1944-53 |
| Keith "KC" Matthews |
|
(1962–) |
2000 |
Engineer- Colorado Department of Transportation |
| Jessie Whaley Maxwell |
|
(1909–2002) |
1998 |
Educator - Colorado and Denver's first African-American principal |
| Thomas E. McClain, D.D.S. |
|
(1876–1949) |
1973 |
First African-American licensed dentist in Colorado |
| Irene McWilliams |
|
(1896–1990) |
1973 |
Musician, teacher, and churchwoman |
| Ronald "Ron" Glen Miles |
 |
(1963–2022) |
2023 |
Grammy-nominated jazz musician and composer[4] |
| Adrian Miller |
 |
|
2024 |
Community leader and culinary historian |
| Syl Morgan-Smith |
|
(1940–) |
2002 |
Communicator and community leader |
| George Morrison, Sr. |
|
(1891–1974) |
1973 |
Musician/composer |
| John William Mosley Jr. |
|
(1921–2015) |
1973 |
USAAC/USAF Ret., Administrator/civic leader |
| Rachel B. Noel |
|
(1918–2008) |
1973 |
Assistant professor of sociology |
| Sebastian Cabot Owens |
|
(1913–1975) |
1973 |
Director Colorado Urban League |
| Jacqueline G. Peterson-Hall |
|
(1956–) |
2000 |
Real estate developer |
| Harry E. Rahming |
|
(1895–1985) |
1973 |
Episcopal priest and theologian |
| "Daddy Bruce" Randolph |
|
(1900–1994) |
1985 |
Businessman and philanthropist |
| Alphonse D. Robinson |
|
(1910–2000) |
2004 |
Musician/composer |
| Cleo Parker Robinson |
|
(1948–) |
1994 |
Artistic director/ambassador |
| Pauline Short Robinson |
|
(1915–1997) |
1973 |
Librarian and civic leader |
| Dr. Jennie Mae Rucker |
|
(1922–2018) |
2019 |
|
| Edward J. Sanderlin |
 |
(1824–1891) |
1973 |
Businessman |
| Gregory K. Scott |
|
(1948–2021) |
1994 |
Colorado's first African-American Supreme Court judge |
| Retired Division Chief Charles Thomas Smith |
|
|
2024 |
Denver police |
| Paul Wilbert Stewart |
|
(1925–2015) |
1973 |
Museum curator |
| Arie Parks Taylor |
|
(1927–2003) |
2004 |
Politician, businesswoman, state representative in Colorado House of Representatives |
| Landri Taylor |
|
(1950–) |
2008 |
Civic leader, community affairs |
| William L. Turner |
|
(1894–1971) |
1973 |
Realtor |
| Peggy Underwood |
|
(1921–2008) |
1973 |
Secretary |
| Lu Vason |
|
(1939–2015) |
2010 |
Founder/Director Bill Pickett Rodeo |
| Columbus "Chris" Veasy, Jr., Ph.D. |
|
(1935–2021) |
1998 |
Chairman, Denver County Democratic Party 1991 |
| James "Dr. Daddio" Walker |
|
(1939–) |
2008 |
Black radio pioneer |
| James David Ward |
|
(1917–1993) |
1985 |
Educator |
| Wellington E. Webb |
 |
(1941–) |
1988 |
Mayor, city of Denver |
| Wilma Webb |
 |
(1943–) |
1985 |
First Lady of Denver, Colorado State representative |
| Elbra Wedgeworth |
|
(1956–) |
2014 |
City council president, Chief government and community relations officer |
| Joseph H.P. Westbrooke |
|
(1878–1939) |
1973 |
Physician, civic leader |
| Cecilia Kay White |
|
(1962–) |
1973 |
|
| William H. Whitsell |
|
(1866–1944) |
2024 |
First African-American male born in Colorado |
| Murphy C. Williams |
|
(1916–1990) |
1973 |
Pastor, businessman |
| Edna Wilson-Mosley |
|
(1925–2014) |
1992 |
First African-American city councilwoman, Aurora, CO |
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