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Events / Activities
Historical Marker Honors Queen Mother Moore – Aug 12th, 2023
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 ...
Read More »A Voice to the Voiceless 声なき者への声
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 »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 »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 ...
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