Iberia African American Historical Society "Celebrating the True and Inclusive History of Iberia Parish"
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)
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EXCHANGING FAMILY HISTORIES – growing roots in collaboration with the University of Louisiana Lafayette Public History Seminars
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, ...
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 »1944 Expulsion of Iberia’s Black Doctors Symposium November 15-16 2019
The Iberia African American Historical Society Sponsors Historical Marker Acknowledging 75th Anniversary of Expulsion of Black Doctors and the NAACP in 1944: Two-Day Symposium and Dedication On November 15-16, 2019 The Iberia African American Historical Society (IAAHS) hosted a community-wide symposium in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the 1944 incident that resulted in the violent expulsion of all of ...
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