Aristide’s Letter

Today I just read a letter coming from the pen of the former President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand-Aristide. ( He did not send it directly to me:)Read it below: P. Jean-Bertrand Aristide Pretoria, South Africa Dear Friends, May the spirit of International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People continue to spread! If the more [...]

Haitian History: What U.S. textbooks don’t tell

Haitian History: What U.S. textbooks don’t tellBy Greg Dunkel, Haiti Progres, This Week in Haiti, Vol.21 no.27, 17–23 September 2003Publisher’s note: This document combines the two parts of the original publication. The second part appeared in Haiti Progres, Vol.21 no.26, 24 September 2003. Looking at how Haiti’s history is presented in high-school textbooks in the [...]

Quote of the Day

“Human beings participate in history both as actors and narrators.” – Michel-Rolph Trouillot

W.E. B. Dubois (1868 -1963)

Source: W.E.B.Dubois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on Church Street on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, at the south-western edge of Massachusetts, to Alfred Du Bois and Mary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois, whose February 5, 1867, wedding had been announced in the Berkshire Courier. Alfred Du Bois had been born in Haiti. [...]