Editing Fatima Meer (section)

== Academic and writer ==

Meer became a lecturer of sociology and a staff member of the [[University of Natal]] from 1956 to 1988. She was the first non-white person to hold that position.<ref name=":0" /> She was also a visiting professor at a number of universities in abroad. Meer became a [[fellow]] of the [[London School of Economics]], and received three honorary doctorates. First, she received an Honorary Doctorate in [[Philosophy]] from [[Swarthmore College]] (1984) and in [[Humanities|Humane Letters]] from [[Bennett College|Bennet College]] in the United States (1994). Later, she received Honorary Doctorate in [[Social science|Social Sciences]] from [[Natal University]] in South Africa (1998).<ref name="TL2010" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ozynski|first=Gabrielle|date=2017-08-12|title=Birthday Tribute To Activist Fatima Meer|url=http://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/real-people/birthday-tribute-to-activist-fatima-meer/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=People Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510044603/https://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/real-people/birthday-tribute-to-activist-fatima-meer/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She founded the Institute for Black Research (IBR), which became a research and publishing institution and educational NGO in 1972<ref name=":4" />