Haiti Archives - Zinn Education Project

Tè Tremblé: An Unnatural Disaster: A Trial Role Play Probes the Roots of Devastation in Haiti

Teaching Activity. By Adam Sanchez. Rethinking Schools. A trial role play asks students to question the role played by the U.S. government and other international actors in the 2010 earthquake.

Teaching Activity by Adam Sanchez

Hope For Haiti

Book - Fiction. By Jesse Joshua Watson. 2010. 32 pages. A boy lives through the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and finds hope amid the hardships of the aftermath.

Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy

Film and website. Produced by Mary Becker and Renée Bergan. Written and narrated by Edwidge Danticat. 2009. 50 minutes. Documentary about Haiti and global economics told through the lives of five women.

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June 4, 2010: Haitian Farmers Burn “Gift” of Monsanto Seeds

Approximately 10,000 Haitian farmers protested the donation of 475 tons of Monsanto hybrid seeds.

Caribbean Connections: Moving North

Teaching Guide. Edited by Catherine Sunshine and Keith Warner. 2005. 240 pages. Literature and essays about Caribbean life in the United States.

Jan. 12, 2010: Earthquake in Haiti

Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake that took the lives of thousands and displaced even more‪.

Globalization: A View from Below

Article in PDF. By Jean-Bertrand Aristide. 5 pages. An essay on the impact of globalization, with the story of Haiti as an example.

The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States

Book - Non-fiction. Edited by Edwidge Danticat. 2001. Thirty-three essays and poems describing the Haitian Émigré experience.

Brother, I’m Dying

Book - Non-fiction. By Edwidge Danticat. 2008. A gripping autobiographical book, about one Haitian woman's experience as a young immigrant and her family's struggle to survive in the United States while fearing for those they left behind.

Caribbean Connections: The Dominican Republic

Book - Non-fiction and Fiction. Edited by Gallin, Glasser, Santana. 2005. 250 pages. Reader-friendly overview of the history, politics, and culture of the fourth largest Latino community in the United States.

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution: Selected Essays and Historical Documents

Book - Non-fiction. Edited by Maurice Jackson and Jacqueline Bacon. 2009. This anthology connects the experience of African Americans and the Haitian revolution.

Behind the Mountains

Book - Fiction. By Edwidge Danticat. 2004. 192 pages. A riveting novel detailing the struggles of a young Haitian girl as she adjusts to life in New York.

Uprooted: Refugees of the Global Economy

Film. Produced by National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. 2001. 28 minutes. Stories of three immigrants (from Bolivia, Haiti and the Philippines) to the U.S. and how global institutions and multi-national corporations erode people's capacity to survive in their home countries.

Oct. 2, 1937: Parsley Massacre

Under the orders of U.S.-backed Dominican dictator President Rafael Trujillo, the execution of more than 20,000 Haitians began in what is now known as the Parsley Massacre at Massacre River.

Dec. 6, 1929: Cayes Massacre

In Les Cayes, Haiti, one of the worst massacres of civilians took place on December 6, 1929, during the nineteen-year American occupation of Haiti, an occupation that began in 1915.