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Children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with Haitian flag
5.18.16 - Collier County, Florida. Six children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day.
Five school girls were sent home for wearing T-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day, because it was a breach of the Collier County school district's student code of conduct. However, according to such code of conduct, only four flags can be worn in school: The United States flag, the POW/MIA flag, the Florida state flag, and the school's flag... but no Haitian flag. The POW/MIA flag was designed during the Vietnam War, as a symbol of national concern about U.S. military personnel who were Prisoners Of War (POW) and those who are still Missing in Action (MIA). The students later said, they felt discriminated, because, their parents were from Haiti. The Haitian Flag day is indisputably a symbol of general pride for all people of Haitian descent. Every year, it is observed in Haiti and in a number of U.S. cities with large populations of Haitian Americans. It marks the day (May 18, 1803) when the first Haitian flag was flown during the slave revolt against the French that led to the nation's independence. The school is situated in the town of Immokalee, Florida, where 8.9% of the people are Haitian descent.
Haitian Flag Day in Cap-Haitien - May 18, 1964
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.
Fete du Drapeau in Cap-Haitian - 1964
Here is a picture of the celebartion of Haitian Flag during the Duvalier period. This picture was taken in 1964.
As you may know, Francois had changed the flag of Haiti. It changed the country's flag from blue and red to black and red. The black symbolising the country's ties to Africa