Background
Collins, Barbara-Rose was born on April 13, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Collins, Barbara-Rose was born on April 13, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Detroit public school. Wayne State University, Political Science and Anthropology.
Member, Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-1981. Member, Detroit City Council, 1982-1991. Sponsored and passes city ordinances on South African divesture, toxic waste, single room occupancy housing.
Chairperson, Task Force on Teenage Violence and Juvenile Crime, Homelessness. Vice-Chairperson, Task Force on Litter, Clean-up Detroit. Member, New Detroit’s Minority Business Committee.
State legislature, sponsored intiatives on sexual education and harassment, equal benefit for women’s pensions, pituitary gland retrieval, food dating and Enterprise Zones. Former Chairperson, House Standing Committee, Urban Affairs. Former Chairperson and founding Member.
Michigan Legislative Black Caucus. Former Vice-Chairperson, Michigan Democratic Caucus. Professional career: served on Detriot Region I Public School Board, 1971-1973.
Shrine of the Black Madonna Church (Pan-African Orthodox Christian).
Chairman Detroit City Council Task Force on Teenage Violence, 1985.
Recreations: playing the harp and piano, reading science fiction, opera, symphony music, portrait painting.
Daughter of Lamar N. Senior and Versa (Jones) R. Widowed; children: Cynthia Lynn (deceased), Christopher Loren.