The Department of Black American Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will present a lecture by a noted theatrical founder on Friday, April 20. Barbara Ann Teer, who founded the National Black Theatre Company in 1968, will speak at 7 p.m. at the Hiram H. Lesar Law Building Auditorium.
Admission is free.
Originally from East St. Louis, Teer received an honorary doctorate from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1995.