Authors
This author studied anthropology at Columbia University and was friends with all your Harlem Renaissance faves.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
When Columbus arrived in the New World he gave this name to the island that is present day Haiti and the DR.
What is Hispaniola?
Enslaved people in Saint Domingue began the world's first successful slave rebellion in this year.
When is 1791?
This highly viewed Twitch streamer popularized the term "rizz."
Who is Kai Cenat?
This US president advocated for economic and diplomatic isolation of Haiti.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Haitian author got her big break when her 1994 book of essays was selected for Oprah's Book Club.
Who is Edwidge Danticat?
Mislabeled as "bandits," these rebel fighters gave the U.S. Marines a run for their money at the start of the twentieth century occupation.
Who are cacos?
2021
What is an earthquake? What is the presidential assassination (Moise)?
This rapper "came looking for you with Haitians" after waking up in his new Bugatti.
Who is Future?
This Wall Street bank made its largest profit margins from a predatory loan with the Haitian government during the occupation era.
What is Citibank?
This anthropologist described the Haitian Revolution as "unthinkable."
Who is Michel Rolph Trouillot?
This 1685 legal code governed the lives of black people in the French colonies.
What is the Code Noir?
1825
What is the $150M franc French indemnity?
This founding member of hip hop group The Fugees ran for president of Haiti in 2010.
Who is Wyclef Jean?
The US overlooked the human rights abuses of this infamous dictator because they believed he was an ally in the fight against communism.
Who is Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier?
This Haitian Revolution expert shares a name with the author of Souls of Black Folk.
Who is Laurent Dubois?
The enslaved began the Haitian Revolution following a secret religious ceremony at this important site in Saint Domingue.
Where is Bois Caiman?
This year marked the end of Baby Doc's reign of terror.
When is 1986?
This real housewife played a hotel concierge called "Fancy" in a popular 1990s black sitcom.
Who is Garcelle Beauvais?
This president's trade policy destroyed Haitian rice farming.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This Haitian American author is best known for her NYT bestselling book Bad Feminist.
Who is Roxane Gay?
Trujillo allegedly ordered the immediate killing of people in the borderlands who mispronounced the Spanish word for this herb.
What is parsley? (What is perejil?)
The US first occupied Haiti during this nineteen year period.
When is 1915-1934?
This woman made history as the first Black president of Harvard University.
Who is Claudine Gay?
This apparatus was designed specifically to deny Haitians pathways to permanent residency in the U.S., but has since expanded to include other groups.
What is the immigrant carceral regime (or immigrant detention system)?