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Books and DVDs @NT

 Robinson, Randall.  Unbroken Agony:  Haiti from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President

Dash, J. Michael.  Culture and Customs of Haiti.

Farmer, Paul . The Uses of Haiti

The Price of Sugar  DVD-Take Action-Thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugar cane.

Haitian Voodoo and the Catholic Church
DVD(in process)

    Web Resources

    Online Lesson Plans

    The Haitian Crisis : Thinking Historically  - from Choices.edu

    The Haitian Political Crisis WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE U.S. PLAY IN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS -  lessons from PBS

    History Timelines

    A History of Haiti Power Point  (NF S.S. Dept. click on download to view)

    BBC  News Time LIne

    Of Interest

    Haiti's Voodoo Religion - great historical perspective on reason for voodoo stereotypes

    Reevaluating Haitian History
    Worldview Jerome MacDonnell interviews
    Alyssa Sepinwall, history professor at California State University-San Marcos. She says that before Haiti was deemed “unfixable” it was considered a huge success by colonial standards.

    Visit Home page for Slide Presentation of the Haiti Project

    Articles for Discussion

    Council on Foreign Relations Haiti : includes many editorial pieces, articles, audio on U.S. presence in Haiti, rebuilding Haiti etc. including
    NYT: Country without a Net

    The Underlying Tragedy (op-ed from NYT on poverty)

    What is Haiti Owed ?
    Nation's senior editor Richard Kim writes "it is time to start having a conversation about justice, recovery, responsibility and fairness. . "

    Haiti Quake Highlights Need For U.N. Trusteeship
    Daniel Shore NPR editorial1-20-10

    A History of Troubles is Helping Haiti to Endure Wall Street Journal By IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN And MICHAEL DEIBERT