"Haitian heritage is a living force.” These Haitian women-led nonprofit organizations reclaim power, healing, and hope for ...

By Toby Slade and Dijanna MulhearnFashion is one of the most powerful tools we have for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of black American ...

Tailoring Black Style’ reveals who she thought was best dressed at the Met Gala—and the new way she looks at dandyism.

Take, for instance, the Russian Revolution. The workers’ uprisings ... And in Kino Loy, the foreman-turned-martyr, we find shades of Toussaint Louverture — the Haitian general who began ...

The Met’s exhibition charts the evolution of the Black dandy from the 18th century to today. Here’s what to look for on the ...

The Unwavering Stand Against Chains: When the Haitian Revolution succeeded ... Leaders Who Rose from the Dust: Look at Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines, and the other leaders.

In 1743, Toussaint Louverture was born into bondage in Haiti ... In 1791, while France was distracted by the turmoil of the revolution, a slave rebellion began in Haiti. Toussaint quickly got ...

In the 1790s the buttons likely adorned the dressy waistcoat of the ultra-dressy uniform of Toussaint Louverture ... during the period of the French Revolution. Picture buttons were popular ...

In the early 1930s, the anti-colonial historian, C.L.R. James, wrote a play about the 1791 Haitian Revolution and its leader, Toussaint Louverture. It dramatised the story of the only successful ...

He writes extensively about post-colonial memory in Francophone countries, and is the co-author of Toussaint Louverture, A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolution, with Christian Høgsbjerg published by ...

Editor’s note: Before voters decide on a $450 million school bond issue on Feb. 25, The Eagle is profiling many of the schools affected. Read more profiles and find continuing coverage of the ...