NEW IBERIA, La. — The Shadows-on-the-Teche was recently awarded a Rebirth Grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to offer a fall lecture series centered on education in Louisiana. For the first of this three-part series, Ruth Foote will lead a discussion on the 76 black students who integrated the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 70 years ago. The lecture ...

The Shadows-on-the-Teche unveiled four new exhibits on Sat., July 20, 2024, at 3 p.m. at the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main St., New Iberia).  For the past year, staff at the Shadows has worked on researching, writing, designing, and producing new exhibits that build on the more inclusive reinterpretation of the site initiated in May 2023. The exhibits: Provide ...

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, ...