Okinawa Prefecture is home to US military bases, and cases in which American servicemen abandon local women and leave them to raise their children alone are not uncommon. For 28 years, New Iberia native and American attorney Annette Callagain fought for those mothers to obtain child support. We follow Annette in her efforts to give the women a voice and ...
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Audley (Queen Mother) Moore Symposium July 27th
MONTAGE: Queen Mother Moore Legacy Symposium and Celebration Also see the Queen Mother Moore PODCAST by Tiffany Caesar, Ph.D The Iberia African American Historical Society (IAAHS) was recently awarded a Rebirth Grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to host the Queen Mother Moore Legacy Symposium and Celebration to honor Audley Moore (Queen Mother Moore) life on Wednesday, July ...
Read More »IAAHS Meet & Greet – June 18th, 10-12am
The IAAHS is holding a Meet & Greet, June 18th (Saturday morning) 10 – 12, at the Shadows-On-The-Teche visitor center. The gathering is open to IAAHS members AND ANYONE who wishes to learn more about our work. Refreshments will be served. Coincidentally, JUNETEENTH is celebrated that very weekend, so a bit of emancipation discussion may be offered as an additional ...
Read More »African American Civil War Veterans in Iberia Parish – Symposium
May 2, 2022. Ian Beamish, PhD., Professor of History at ULL, in collaboration with Cheylon Woods, MLIS, MA (Director and Archivist of the Ernest J. Gaines Center in the Agnes Dupre´ Library at the University of Louisiana ) offered this symposium at the Shadows-On-The-Teche. Panel members included twelve ULL students from the recent Beamish-Woods Public History course, each presenting some ...
Read More »Howe Institute and Booker T. Washington Symposium November 20, 2021
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