Showing posts with label The Black Jacobins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Black Jacobins. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Happy Birthday, C.L.R. James


The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (1938), by Afro-Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James (4 January 1901–19 May 1989), is a history of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution.

Sources:  Blackfacts.org and Wikipedia.
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Art by: Thomas Bess Jr.


Happy Birthday, Pierre-Dominique Touissant L'Ouverture, born May 20, 1743.  Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution.  His victory in Haiti inspired Africans in the Diaspora to fight for their rights as human beings.  Many revolts and insurrections would follow all over the world.  Read more of what happened in 1795...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Peace for the New Year & Peace for Haiti

Art by: Thomas Bess Jr.
Happy New Year!!
January 1st is also Independence Day for Haitians
Be Safe
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