Former US Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins of Detroit dies...

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...on/6290096001/

Former Michigan Congresswoman Barbara Rose-Collins dies at 82

From article:

Collins was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress from Michigan, succeeding George W. Crockett Jr., in the US House in 1991 and serving until 1997. Collins sponsored numerous bills that passed into law, including the Food Dating Bill.

She served two stints on the Detroit City Council, first from 1982 to 1991, then later from 2001 to 2009. Collins also was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981.

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RIP Barbara Rose...

I can still picture her with a tiara on, at a city council meeting on her birthday. Yes she did look like Fred Sanford's Aunt Esther runner up for cookie dough though!