Pearl W. Hinds Roberts was the daughter of Lucy and Wiley Hinds, owner of one of the largest cattle ranches in California. She graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She was a member of the Electoral College in 1952. She was married to Frederick M. Roberts, the first black Assemblyman elected to state office west of the Mississippi. Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her sixth grade portrait at Durant Grammar School (third row from front, third from left). She later married Frederick Madison Roberts.
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African American families Roberts, Pearl W. Hinds, 1892-1984
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