| 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 |
