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 ...
Read More »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 »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 ...
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Read More »August 21st. 6PM. Screening of Green Book, the award-winning Hollywood motion picture at the Grand Theater in New Iberia – on Lewis. This entertaining film is free to the public: masking and distancing rules are in place (enforced by theater management and your common sense). August 28th. 2PM. IAAHS August focus on the Green Book continues online with ZOOM: Presenting The ...
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Iberia African American Historical Society "Celebrating the True and Inclusive History of Iberia Parish"