| Prominent Q-C African Americans | |||||
| Last Name | First Name | City | State | Prominence | Living or Deceased |
| Andrews | Jim | Rock Island | IL | Principal Rock Island High School | |
| Baker | Gene | Davenport | IA | former Davenporter, one of the first two African-Americans to play for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Black | Cherie | former QCT Reporter | Living | ||
| Boswell-Loftin | Lauren | Rock Island | IL | First African-American woman to serve on Rock Island County board | |
| Boyd | Ethelene | Davenport | IA | Pioneer African-American educator | |
| Bradley | Augustus | Scott County | IA | Iowa First African Infantry | Deceased |
| Braud | Walter | Rock Island | IL | Illinois Circuit Judge, former Rock Island attorney | Living |
| Bryant | Theresa | Davenport | IA | KWQC-TV6 Morning Anchor | Living |
| Bryson | Jae | Davenport | IA | QCT Reporter | |
| Butler | Scott | QCT Commercial | Living | ||
| Butler | Bill | QCT Commercial | Living | ||
| Cooper | Cecile | Civil Rights leader and founder of The Semper Fidelis Club | Deceased | ||
| Craig | Roger | Davenport | IA | San Francisco 49ers, former Davenport Central High School | Living |
| Cribbs | William J. | Davenport | IA | First Davenport Civil Rights Commission Director, first African-American Galesburg city council member | Living |
| Davis | James | Rock Island | IL | First African-American Mayor of Rock Island | |
| Douglas | H. Ford | Davenport | IA | First African-American orator in Davenport. Spoke Dec. 14, 1859, on John Brown's memory | Deceased |
| Gates | Pop | Tri-City Blackhawks | |||
| Grimes | Rev. William | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island School Board | Deceased |
| Hannah | Shenetha | former QCT Reporter | Living | ||
| Hester | James C. | Davenport | IA | NFL, Education Activist, United Way, Community Leader | Deceased |
| Higginson | Jannette | Quad-Cities African-American Heritage Center | |||
| Holland | Jim | Rock Island | IL | Northwestern Athlete, attempted to be first African-American teacher in RI School District | |
| Holmes-Webb | Artena | Davenport | IA | Pioneer African-American educator | |
| Hopkins | Gale | Davenport | IA | Won NCAA long jump in 1964, competed in Olympics in 1964, Associate Athletic Director at U of Arizona | |
| Hunigan | Howard | Davenport | IA | Assistant Superintendent of Schools Davenport | |
| Johnson | Dr. John Sr. | Doctor of Osteopathy | |||
| Johnson | Lynette | Rock Island | IL | RI School District SECME (Southeast Conference of Minority Engineers) coordinator | Living |
| Kelly | Tom | Attorney | Deceased | ||
| Kerr | James H. | Rock Island | IL | Former Rock Island alderman and Civil Rights leader | |
| Keys | Ricky | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island attorney | |
| Kirk | Rosalind | Davenport | IA | First African-American woman Davenport Police Officer | |
| Lawson | Noah | Scott County | IA | Iowa First African Infantry | Deceased |
| Livings | Deborah | Davenport | IA | Pioneer African-American educator | |
| Lorio | Brian | Davenport | IA | Davenport North Alum, first African-American elected Student Body President at U of Illinois School of Law, Champaign | |
| Marshall | Brian | former WHBF-TV4 Rock Island, QCT | Living | ||
| Monroe | John Franklin Jr. | Bettendorf | IA | First African-American police officer in Blue Grass, Iowa | Deceased |
| Moore Guy | Shellie | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island Poet and Author | Living |
| Neptune | Dr. Hallie | Moline | IL | Moline pediatrician | Living |
| Nunn | Michael | Davenport | IA | Professional Boxer | Living |
| Nyarko | Nicole | former QCT Reporter | Living | ||
| Orr | Tyrone | Rock Island | IL | Owner Orr's Mortuary, Rock Island | Living |
| Overton | James | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island businessman, owner of Jim's Rib Haven | |
| Owens | Powell "Sonny" | Davenport | IA | First African-American Davenport alderman | Deceased |
| Palmer | Rev. Clarence L. | East Moline | IL | First African-American pastor of Holy Spirit Church | |
| Philmon | Dr. Henry | Davenport | IA | First African-American member of the Davenport School Board | |
| Pittman | Charles | Davenport | IA | First African American Publisher of the Quad-City Times | Living |
| Reddick | Harold | Moline | IL | Veteran of two wars, First African-American Commander of Gustaf C. Lanoo VFW Post 1303 | |
| Richardson | Rev. Ray | Bettendorf | IA | Bettendorf High School alum, First African-American superintendent of schools in Iowa | |
| Roberts | Simon | Davenport | IA | First African-American to win Iowa state wrestling championship | Living |
| Roberts | Alex | Davenport | IA | Early 20th century Davenport political leader | Living |
| Robinson | Dytanya | Rock Island | IL | First African-American woman to serve on Rock Island Police force possibly first in Q-C | |
| Scott | Dred | Davenport | IA | Slave who sued for his freedom | Deceased |
| Scott | Sgt. Joseph A. | Scott County | IA | Iowa First African Infantry | Deceased |
| Scott | Anthony | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island Chief of Police | |
| Sharkey | Donna | former QCT Reporter/Copy Editor | Living | ||
| Sheppard | Lt. Sylvester George | Davenport | IA | According to Oct. 5, 1941, Democrat article First Afircan-American to obtain a commission in the U.S. Army during pre-World War II? | |
| Slater | Duke | Clinton | IA | Believed to be first African-American football player in Big Ten History, All-American 1921, Pro Football 10 years, 4 with RI Independents | |
| Stuard | Sgt. Henry | Scott County | IA | Iowa First African Infantry | Deceased |
| Taylor | Dr. Robert | Davenport | IA | First black physician in Davenport | Deceased |
| Teague | Mary | Davenport | IA | Pioneer African-American educator | |
| Toney | Charles W. | Moline | IL | Civil Rights leader and John Deere executive, first African-American to work at John Deere Plow Works? | Living |
| Tucker | Jason DeJuan Sr. | Davenport | IA | First African-American to win at the 2003 50th Anniversary of World Series, Cordova, Ill. | Deceased |
| Twyner | Lafayette J. | Davenport | IA | First African-American President of the Davenport School Board | Deceased |
| Twyner-Coley | Dr. Kathleen | Daughter of L.J. Twyner | Living | ||
| Walker | Mary Alice | Davenport | IA | Pioneer African-American educator | |
| Watts | James L. | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island businessman, owner of Watts Trucking | Living |
| Watts | Lorelei | Rock Island | IL | Rock Island Educator, SECME | Living |
| Wilmington | Kenneth | Quad-Cities African-American Heritage Center | |||
| Womack | Barbara | Davenport | IA | The Semper Fidelis Club | Living |
| Wynn | LaMetta | Clinton | IA | First African-American Mayor of Clinton | Living |
| Enlisted Men of of the Iowa First African Infantry | Deceased | ||||