These are words from Laurent Dubois’s book, Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution. Dubois makes the point that Haiti transformed the world and played an integral role in the ...

JANUARY 1ST SIGNIFIES THE START OF A NEW CALENDAR YEAR. AND FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, A COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM FRENCH RULE. HAITI WAS THE FIRST NATION TO BE FOUNDED BY FORMERLY ENSLAVED ...

The main objective of this article is to help to correct the partial and undervalued image that is spread globally about Haiti: a country that is all too often presented as the Western Hemisphere's ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — This weekend an event in Springfield put a spotlight on the Haitian Revolution. Haiti’s status as the western hemisphere’s first free black republic was one of several historical ...

October, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state ...

An obscure conference last weekend at a Catholic institution in Washington, D.C., could spell trouble for Haiti in this election year. For the organizers aimed at “mobilizing” the Haitian masses ...

📜 The Haitian Revolution: The War of Knives - With the end of slavery in French colonies and the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the conflict, it looked like everything was going Toussaint ...

Massachusetts has the third-largest Haitian diaspora in the country, with more than 87,000 Haitians calling the state home. The Haitian community has a long history in Massachusetts, and more migrants ...

A New Orleans research center has received $1 million to conserve 41 paintings by Jacob Lawrence, one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. The three-year grant to the Amistad ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL)- The Waterloo Center for the Arts held a Haitian Flag Day celebration at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre on Saturday afternoon to honor the culture of Haiti. Haitian Flag Day is ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Julia Gaffield, William & Mary (THE CONVERSATION) Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates ...