- Ida Rhodes, Ed '19, retired teacher
- Georgia Beasley, Ed '25, retired teacher
- Theodore Berry, A&S '28, Law '31, Cincinnati's first black mayor and retired lawyer
- Donald Spencer, A&S '36, Ed '37, MEd '40, educator and real estate businessman
- Marian Alexander Spencer, A&S '42, first black woman on Cincinnati City Council and the UC Board of Trustees
- Arthur Hull, BusAd '49, MA (A&S) '73, past president and current member, Cincinnati Board of Education
- Moss White, Ed '59, MEd '63, substitute teacher, former principal, retired director, Cincinnati Public Schools
- Cheryl Grant, A&S '66, JD '73, Hamilton County Municipal court judge and former police officer
- Yvonne Edmunds West, '69, co-owner, Roland West & Associates, a management consulting company
- Dwight Tillery, A&S '70, Cincinnati's first elected black mayor, attorney, lobbyist, leadership consultant
- Charles Winburn, Univ '72, CCS '73, MEd '75, Cincinnati councilman
- Roland West, Ed '73, co-owner, Roland West & Associates
- Tyrone Yates, A&S '78, Cincinnati councilman
- Alan Costner, BusAd '82, assistant vice president, Fifth Third Bank
- Harlan Jackson, BusAd '89, manager, sales, Procter & Gamble
- Cecily Goode, BusAd '93, financial aid adviser, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
- Stacy Downing, A&S '96, program coordinator, African American Cultural and Research Center
- Kmt Alkebulan, A&S '96, ED '97, MEd '98, doctoral student, University of Maryland