Events / Activities

Published April 9, 2024 on KRVS ( audio ) Dr. Phebe Hayes talks about her work as the Founder and President of the Iberia African American Historical Society. Bayou Politique (<< Click for the Bayou Politique site on KRVS)

PRESS RELEASE: When:             Saturday, February 24, 2024, from 10:00 am to 3:00 p.m.   What:              Community Collecting Event  Who:               Iberia Parish and Surrounding Area Residents   Where:            The Iberia African American Historical Society Center for Research and Learning Shadows-on-the-Teche Visitor Center, 2nd floor, 320 E. Main St. New Iberia, Louisiana 70560 Contact:           Taylor Suir, IAAHS Program Coordinator for Digital Collections(337) 369-6446 TSuir@savingplaves.org The Iberia African American Historical Society Center for Research ...

As you may know, over the past two years Drs. Ian Beamish and Cheylon Woods have been co-teaching the University of Louisiana Lafayette Public History Seminars 451 and 452, in partnership with IAAHS.  (HIST 451: the systematic examination of archival administration, museum management, historical editing, oral history, historic site management and preservation.) In 2022, after talks with Dr. Phebe Hayes, ...

The Iberia African American Historical Society (IAAHS) invited the public to A Legacy Revealed: The Unveiling of The Queen Mother Moore Marker and the formal opening of The Iberia African American Historical Society Center for Research and Learning on Saturday August 12, 2023 in New Iberia, Louisiana. Last year, we were awarded a Rebirth Grant from the Louisiana Endowment for ...