The Irving Archives and Museum (IAM) and the Irving Black Arts Council (IBAC) were jointly awarded the American Association for State and Local History's (AASLH) Award of Excellence for “A Local Green Book” exhibition, which ran October 2022 to January 2023. The Award of Excellence is part of the AASLH Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation of state and local history.
The IAM, in collaboration with the Irving Black Arts Council, developed the award-winning project as a comprehensive suite of programming in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s "The Local Negro Motorist Green Book" exhibition that provided insights and understandings into the challenges and hardships the Black community encountered in travel, education, entertainment and services during the Jim Crow era. Through Scholar’s Talks, film screenings, panel discussions and a locally curated exhibition, the exhibition and programming of IAM and IBAC’s project reached a broad audience. Of particular note was a panel discussion of eyewitnesses to history headlined by Dr. Opal Lee and Judge L Clifford Davis.
This year, AASLH is proud to confer fifty-one national awards honoring people, projects, and exhibits. The winners represent the best in the field and provide leadership for the future of state and local history.
VISIT THE IAM
Stop by the IAM, 801 Irving Blvd., to view its current exhibition "Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolucion en los Campos," which runs through Aug. 20. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
