Roberta Johnson Dunbar (died November 1, 1956) was an American clubwoman and peace activist based in Rhode Island. Her first name is sometimes written "Reberta" in sources.[1]
In 1928. Dunbar was serving as president of the Rhode Island Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.[8] Dunbar chaired the NACW's Peace Department in the 1930s. She addressed the organization's 1937 national convention in Fort Worth, Texas on the topic, saying "We women want peace, and no woman of any nation is in a better position to bring this Era than the women of America."[9]
In 1950, she was elected by the Women's Newport League to be their delegate to the national NACW convention in Atlantic City.[10]
Personal life
Dunbar died in 1956, at the Home for Aged Colored People in Providence.[11]