Background
Austin-Lucas, Barbara Etta was born on November 9, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert James and Etta Lee (Amos) Austin.
Austin-Lucas, Barbara Etta was born on November 9, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert James and Etta Lee (Amos) Austin.
Bachelor, Tufts University, Meford, Massachusetts, 1973. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1975. Master of Divinity, Colgate Rochester Division School, New York, 1982.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, since 1990.
Teacher, Monrovia (Liberia) College, 1974; instructor, U. Liberia, Monrovia, 1974-1975; teacher, Henry Buckner School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; substitute teacher, Philadelphia Public School, 1977; minister missions and outreach, Agape African Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo, 1979-1982; minister to families, Bridge St. African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, 1982-1986; director, organizer After School Tutorial Center, Bridge St. African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, 1983-1984; assistant pastor, Bridge St. African Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1986; educational counselor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1984-1986. Chairman of the board of trustees Bridge St. Preparatory School, Brooklyn, since 1988. Member African Methodist Episcopal Church New York Board Christian Education, New York City, since 1983.
Board of directors Brooklyn History Society, 1990. Member American Association of University Women, Religious Education Association, Key Women of America (Church Woman of Year 1984), Church Women United, New York Association Black School Educators.
Married Frederick Aloyisious Lucas, Junior, December 24, 1972. Children: Kemba Jarena, Hakim Jabez, Kareem Mandela.