Applications open for Anne-Marie Coriolan Regional Afrofeminist School, honoring Haitian feminist legacy—an online program ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it will terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti ...

Passengers by The 7 Fingers offers a unique blend of circus arts and storytelling, showcasing dynamic interactions on a train ...

Critics have applauded the cirque-de-soleil-style acrobatics, executed without the safety-net of a multi-million-dollar ...

At Buffet Kreol in Flatbush, Brooklyn, around the corner from the Little Haiti train station, an image of one of the fathers of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, stands on the roof.

When folks talk about Haiti’s revolution, names like Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines get all the shine. But what about Sanité Bélair, who faced the firing squad with her head ...

Haitian designer Phelicia Dell of Vèvè Collections, showcases her Haiti-inspired fashion at the opening of the 2025 Haitian Heritage Cultural Month in North Miami Beach, Wednesday, April 30 ...

Indeed, the Republic of Haiti, which was proclaimed on January 1, 1804, by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines after his rebel forces won against a French expeditionary corps that arrived in Saint ...

At the time, Boyer had yielded to French demands, barely two decades after General Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) won Haiti's war of independence, because the country was not in a position to ...

Dessalines, who’s considered the founder, first took the title of governor general. But by the end of the year, he was using the title emperor, as he had proclaimed Haiti to be an empire. So, almost ...

As Commander of the Revolutionary Army, Dessalines assembled 40,000 men and women to defeat Napoleon’s French Army attempting to re-enslave them. He was joined by Generals Henry Christophe and ...