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Barbara Roberts Mason, an internationally known voice for education, equality, and justice, was the first African-American woman in Michigan elected to statewide office. She served a record 24 years on Michigan’s State Board of Education, where she advocated for eliminating inequities among school districts and promoted high academic ...
Jan 19, 2023 · Bill Castanier. Barbara Roberts Mason, 82, was born in Detroit and graduated from Michigan State University in 1963 as a speech therapist. She was the first African American woman elected to a statewide post as a member of the state Board of Education.
Mar 28, 2022 · Posted at 11:27 AM, Mar 28, 2022. and last updated 8:36 AM, Apr 05, 2022. LANSING, Mich. — Barbara Roberts Mason was the first Black woman in Michigan to be elected to statewide office in...
Jun 21, 2023 · LANSING, Mich. — Lansing resident Barbara Roberts Mason is full of encouragement when she visits Building Child and Family Initiatives (BCFI), a program she started decades ago. Roberts...
Feb 21, 2022 · Then there's Barbara Roberts Mason, now 81. For more than two decades she served on Michigan’s State Board of Education and founded what is now Building Child and Family Initiatives, a...
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Jun 1, 2017 · Barbara Roberts Mason made history becoming the first African American in Michigan elected to statewide office, serving 24 years on Michigan's State Board of Education. As a child advocate,...
Aug 1, 2015 · Photography by Dan Watts. When Barbara Roberts Mason first traveled to Japan in 1987, she knew little about the East Asian island nation. The Detroit native, then president of the Michigan State Board of Education, was leading a goodwill mission to Shiga Prefecture, Michigan’s Sister State in Japan.
