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    1. BBPA's Fourth Annual African American Summit in Long Beach: TransAfrica's Randall Robinson to Speak

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    2000-05-24
    Published:
    Los Angeles, CA
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sentinel
    Journal Title Details:
    8 : A5
    Notes:
    Randall Robinson, founder and president of TransAfrica will speak at 12:30 p.m. at the Black Business and Professional Association's (BBPA) 4th Annual African American Economic Summit to be held Saturday, May 20 at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Robinson is a noted activist and author of Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America. He is best known for his leadership in spearheading the movement to influence United States policies toward Africa and the Caribbean. Robinson played a significant role in the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s and the restoration of Democracy in Haiti.

    2. Caucus split on use of force

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Schatzman,Dennis (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    1994-06-09
    Published:
    Los Angeles, CA
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sentinel
    Journal Title Details:
    p. A1
    Notes:
    The 39-member Congressional Black Caucus is on record as supporting Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the deposed Hatian president, but is split on whether the US should use force to reinstall him.

    3. Remembering Haiti -- The Struggle Continues

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Deal,Esther (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Mar 11-Mar 17, 2004
    Published:
    Los Angeles, CA
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sentinel
    Journal Title Details:
    50 : C1-C.1
    Notes:
    Briefly, Haiti and the Dominican Republic occupy the same island in the West Indies, Haiti occupying the western part and the Dominican Republic the eastern part. ... after my year in the Dominican Republic I decided to go to Haiti as a tourist before returning to the U.S. I remember reporting to the embassy in Port-au-Prince to be briefed and to let them know where I was staying and where I would be going. I remember that the Caucasian male embassy employee who interviewed me was both curious and very amused that I was in Haiti to visit. I remember that he told me emphatically, "the only thing you have in common with these people is color." He proceeded to rattle off negative things about the Haitian people. I was shocked at his boldness but I kept my cool. An example of this is the fact that President Thomas Jefferson allegedly launched an economic embargo against Haiti when Haiti became independent, causing the U.S. and Europe to refuse to acknowledge its independence for decades. At the present time it is alleged that Haiti is the most depressed nation in the Western Hemisphere.