francois duvalier

This is a picture of former Haitian president Francois Duvalier after his death.. Standing right in front of him is his son Jean Claude Duvalier. After his death, Jean Claude Duvalier continued his legacy and dictatorship

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Here is a picture of Haitian President Francois Duvalier taking office in 1957. This is after he had defeated Louis Déjoie, a mulatto land-owner and industrialist from the north of Haiti. During this election, Francois Duvalier received support from mass, cam paigning as a populist, using a noiriste strategy of challenging the mulatto elite class

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This is a celebration of Haiti Flag back in the 1960s.

Former minister of health and labor François Duvalier, known as "Papa Doc" became the president of Haiti

He was president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971.

Francois Duvalier was able to remain in power until his death by enlisting an organization known as Tontons Macoutes, also known as "Bogeymen". Tonton Macoutes were responsible to maintain order by terrorizing the populace.

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Thhis is a key figure during the Duvalier period. Madame Max Adolphe started her milice career as the commandant of Fort-Dimanche. She became the woman most faired in Haiti as the Fiette Lalo

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The period of the Duvalier in Haiti is filled with history. Here is the picture of Michel Francois who was important during this historical period,

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One of the most effective propaganda methods during the Duvalier reign was throwing Money on the streets to the crowd. If you are over fifty yearsw and was growing up in Haiti, you probably got some of that money. Usually ther were children taging alog the Government car to have an opportunity to receive that money .

Most of the propaganda used by the Duvalier were considered to be positive by the people included in the inner circle of the government. For those people, the Duvalier propaganda were considered objectively and then interpreted as positive or negative, depending on the perspective of the viewer or listener.

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The period of the Duvalier in Haiti is filled with history. Here is the picture of Theodore Achilles During this historical period,

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The Flag of was taken directly from the French Flag. On May 18, 1803, after Haiti independence from France, Jean- Jacques Dessalines, chief of the black rebels removed the white band from the French flag and created the first Haitian flag. This is to symbolize the union between the African and Mulatos who fought side by side to make Haiti an independent nation. Few Months after the biggest fight that took place in Vertieres, close to the city of Cap-Haitian, Jean- Jacques Dessalines decided to change the flag On January 1, 1804 and the bands were then horizontal.
The Haitian Flag was changed after Dessalines proclaimed himself Emperor; at that time, he introduced a new flag of two vertical bands On May 20, 1805; one black, for Death, and one red, for Freedom.

Alexandre Petion changed all that by reverting the Haitian flag to the blue and red flag of 1804 and added the inscription "L'union fait la force" which means "strength in unity".

This flag remained until François Duvalier, Papa Doc, came into power in 1957. At that time, he introduced a new flag on May 25, 1964, black and red. After the removal of Jean-Claude Duvalier from office in February 1986, the Haitian flag was reverted to the blue and red flag.

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The period of the Duvalier in Haiti is filled with history. Roger Lafontant From Duvalier reign. Here is his picture during this historical period,

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The period of the Duvalier in Haiti is filled with history. Here is the picture of Luc Desir who occupied a very important position in the government at the time. Luc Desir replaced Clement Barbot as the chief of the Duvalier secret Police

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