| Dr. Ruth Anderson |
First
African American woman elected to the Black Hawk County Board
of Supervisors |
| Antioch Baptist Church |
The
oldest and largest African American Church 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
|
