Iberia African American Historical Society

Iberia African American Historical Society (IAAHS), located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that researches, preserves, and educates about the history of African Americans in Iberia Parish.^[1]

IAAHS was founded in 2017 by Phebe Hayes, a retired professor and college dean, after Hayes found that Iberia's Black doctors were excluded from books about local doctors.^[1] In 2018, it became a 501(c)(3) organization.^[2] In 2022, IAAHS opened a Center for Research and Learning within Shadows-on-the-Teche, a former sugar plantation owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.^[1][3][4]

See also

• African Americans in Louisiana

References

1. Fontenot, Jordan LaHaye (2022-10-23). "Recovering The Lost Histories". Country Roads Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
2. "Phebe Hayes". Center for Louisiana Studies. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
3. Littman, Margaret (April 21, 2023). "Towards a Common Goal: Iberia African American Historical Society Center for Research and Learning Opens at Shadows-on-the-Teche | National Trust for Historic Preservation". savingplaces.org. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
4. La, Drum Beats. "Doors open to write erased history, preserve legacies of Black Iberians". www.thedrumnewspaper.info. Retrieved 2023-05-24.