DaBownca
07-22-2008, 11:37 PM
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, founder and CEO of the National Black Theatre, died
yesterday at 71 year old. In 1983, Dr. Teer expanded the purpose and vision
of the National Black Theatre by purchasing an entire city block on the
major business corridor of 125th Street in Central Harlem.
During the 1960's and 70's, Barbara Ann Teer was a member of the famed Negro
Ensemble Company (NEC). Leaving behind a lucrative career, Barbara Teer came
to Harlem in 1968. With the National Black Theatre, her commitment was to
maintain and perpetuate the richness and beauty inherent in the form,
feeling and cultural traditions of African-American lives.
In 1973, Barbara Teer received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to visit Africa.
Afterward, Dr. Teer visited Nigeria seven times, acquainting herself fully
with the Yoruba culture and religion. Since then, the National Black Theatre
has performed in Trinidad, Guyana, Western Nigeria and throughout the United
States.
Dr. Teer was the mother of two children. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, with
a degree in Dance Education, from the University of Illinois in Urbana,
Illinois. In 1994, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the
University of Rochester, New York. In 1995, she received an Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Southern Illinois.
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer was a pioneer, a model of how the vision, talents and
leadership of one person can inspire thousands of individuals and mobilize a
community to reclaim and regain its ability to take care of its own.
http://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/
http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Barbara-Ann-Teer.html
God rest and thank you Dr Teer
yesterday at 71 year old. In 1983, Dr. Teer expanded the purpose and vision
of the National Black Theatre by purchasing an entire city block on the
major business corridor of 125th Street in Central Harlem.
During the 1960's and 70's, Barbara Ann Teer was a member of the famed Negro
Ensemble Company (NEC). Leaving behind a lucrative career, Barbara Teer came
to Harlem in 1968. With the National Black Theatre, her commitment was to
maintain and perpetuate the richness and beauty inherent in the form,
feeling and cultural traditions of African-American lives.
In 1973, Barbara Teer received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to visit Africa.
Afterward, Dr. Teer visited Nigeria seven times, acquainting herself fully
with the Yoruba culture and religion. Since then, the National Black Theatre
has performed in Trinidad, Guyana, Western Nigeria and throughout the United
States.
Dr. Teer was the mother of two children. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, with
a degree in Dance Education, from the University of Illinois in Urbana,
Illinois. In 1994, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the
University of Rochester, New York. In 1995, she received an Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Southern Illinois.
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer was a pioneer, a model of how the vision, talents and
leadership of one person can inspire thousands of individuals and mobilize a
community to reclaim and regain its ability to take care of its own.
http://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/
http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Barbara-Ann-Teer.html
God rest and thank you Dr Teer