Iberia African American Historical Society (IAAHS), located in
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, is a
501(c)(3)
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 50 ...
nonprofit organization that researches, preserves, and educates about the history of African Americans in Iberia Parish.
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.
In 2018, it became a 501(c)(3) organization. In 2022, IAAHS opened a Center for Research and Learning within
Shadows-on-the-Teche
Shadows-on-the-Teche is an American historic house, garden, and cemetery. Formerly a working sugar cane plantation with enslaved labor, it is located in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States. Built in 1834 for planter, David Weeks (1786–1834) ...
, a former sugar plantation owned by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by ...
.
See also
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African Americans in Louisiana
African Americans in Louisiana or Black Louisianians are residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana who are of African ancestry; those native to the state since colonial times descend from the many African slaves working on indigo and sugarcane p ...
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2017 establishments in Louisiana
501(c)(3) organizations
African-American history of Louisiana
Historical societies in Louisiana
Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Organizations established in 2017