Creating art at any age helps the brain build connections and makes it more resilient, researchers say. For 60 fourth grade students at Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary School in Miami’s Little Haiti ...

click image for close-up Although there is a large body of visual materials depicting the Haitian revolution, there are no existing portraits drawn from life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the hero of the ...

New Orleans has a national artistic treasure at the Amistad Research Center. It's one of the greatest art series in history, which tells an international story with connections to the Louisiana ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Meet Craig Gregory, the newly crowned King Toussaint L'Ouverture LXVI and Kelsie Sonnier as Queen Suzanne Simone LXVI. As the royal pair prepare for the Mardi Gras Festival Gregory ...

“For the Love of Freedom: Toussaint (The Soul), Rise and Revolution,” at the Greenway Court Theatre, offers a dramatic overview of one of the more fascinating episodes in world history. After the ...

Q: What was the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Americans, black and white? How did Americans percieve Toussaint? What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers covered ...

(The Root) — The Haitian Revolution lasted 13 years before the nation, known then as Saint-Domingue, gained independence from France and became the world’s first free black republic. It actually took ...

Decades in the making, a new cultural center celebrating the history and rich culture of Boston’s Haitian community — the first of its kind in New England — is slated to open next May in the city’s ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - The author of a bilingual English and Haitian-Creole book that celebrates Haitian culture visited a local school in Miami. Actor and book author James Jamie Hector visited Toussaint ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — Off Del Rio Park in Franklin lies the final resting place for many Williamson County African Americans. In the late 1800s, the Toussaint L’Ouverture Cemetery was created. It ...