Rosa Lula Barnes Explained

Rosa Lula Barnes (August 22, 1868 – 1917) was a grocer, real estate investor, and community leader in the United States.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Barnes was born in Huntsville, Alabama on August 22, 1868, and educated at Huntsville Normal and Industrial Institute. She moved to Savannah, Georgia. She married Richard Barnes in 1884 and opened a grocery store on Price Street running the business for ten years until it closed in 1893. During this time, she invested in real state and stock as well as serving as the Director to the Wage Earner’s Bank of Savannah and the Afro-American Company. She was a leader in the Order of Calanthe, the women's auxiliary organization to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Her husband died in 1911.^[1] She died in 1917.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race. Clement. Richardson. June 21, 1919. National Publishing Company. Google Books.
2. Web site: Celebrating Black History: Rosa Lula Barnes. February 26, 2020.
3. Web site: Jones . Jae . 2021-09-13 . Rosa Lula Barnes: Leading Businesswoman and Social Worker . 2022-10-06 . Black Then . en-US.
4. Web site: The Crisis. William Edward Burghardt Du. Bois. June 21, 1917. Crisis Publishing Company. Google Books.