Home Tags Little Haiti

Tag: Little Haiti

Street Is Renamed in Flatbush, to Joy and Controversy

Stephania Casimir, a first-generation Haitian-American, remembers her parents talking about Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a former slave who became one of Haiti’s founding fathers, but not...

New York City Council Approves Co-Naming Street In Honor Of Former...

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, CMC – New York City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal from Caribbean American Council Member Jumaane D. Williams for...

Tijuana’s ‘Little Haiti’ Stalled But Migrants Planting Roots

Brightly colored clothes air from lines strung between rudimentary plywood-sided homes. Cinderblocks stacked chest-high form the skeletons of unfinished houses, and a pile of unused...

In Miami’s Little Haiti, one of the largest waves of evictions...

Rollin Virgile adjusts a dress for a young woman who drove from Key West to visit his store. Photo Credit: Nadege Green Rollin Virgile walks...

Wyclef Jean Blasts Trump’s Plan to Deport Haitians: ‘You’re Sending Them...

Earlier this month, President Trump sparked outrage when he announced his decision to end provisional residency protection for 60,000 Haitians by 2019 for those who were affected...

Brooklyn Official Calls For Designation Of “Little Haiti” In Flatbush

BROOKLYN, NY — An effort to name parts of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn “Little Haiti” plunged into controversy last week when a local...

Bichotte Blasts Caribbean Activist For Disparaging Remarks Against Haitians

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush, Ditmas Park) today demanded an apology from a noted Caribbean activist/political operative and close associate to City Councilmember Jumaane Williams...

In Little Haiti, ‘Everyone Has Opened Their Hearts’ Since Irma

MIAMI, Fla. – In the days since Hurricane Irma knocked out his family’s electricity, Adrian Knowles (pictured above) learned that the floor is a...

Post-Irma, Miami’s ‘Little Haiti’ Continues to Struggle

MIAMI — It’s been several days since Hurricane Irma’s winds battered Miami’s ‘Little Haiti,’ but Magdalena Ortiz still finds herself crying and shaking in the...

MOST POPULAR

HOT NEWS