Year Honored: 2005

Birth: 1953

Biography

Teresa Haman was an artist, educator, and civil rights activist. At seven, she was among the first to integrate an all-white school. She was recruited by the Upward Bound Program at the University of Delaware as a “low-income student with promise... having studied, painted, and written poetry on her own.” Through the University, she earned a bachelor’s in psychology and then a master’s in college counseling. After graduating, she began working at Delaware State University’s new Upward Bound Program.

Haman went on to a long career in education, working as Director of Admission at Salem Community College in New Jersey. She also evaluated proposals for the TRIO Program, which was established by congress to help low-income Americans overcome barriers to higher education. In 2004, she received the Delaware State TRIO Achiever Award. Haman also co-founded the Athletes with Intellectual Maturity (AIM) success training program in 1991. Haman was also a leader in the initiative to provide career opportunities in fine art, graphic design, illustration, photography, and fashion design. She was the Director of Admissions at Delaware College of Art and Design and developed a $10,000 Scholastic Art Award Scholarship for the school.

Haman is also a notable oil painter, with her works having been exhibited widely, including at the International New York Art Show Expo in 2003 and 2004, as well as the Delaware Women’s Conference (1999-2004). A series of her paintings depict the Underground Railroad. Haman is also known for her Civil Rights Activism. She co-founded the Newark Branch of the NAACP (1992), organized and led anti-Klan rallies in Newark in the mid-90s, and co-authored the U.S Department of Education ‘Project AWARE’ proposal that provided $337,781 to build community services and partnerships for students with disabilities.
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Sources and Additional Readings

Teresa Haman. Teresa Haman Prints at Prints.com. (n.d.). Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.prints.com/art.php/Art_Prints_Posters/?artist_id=17710&page=1-97-1--