A strong "Sak Pase" to all of our Haitian and Haitian-descendant readers! May is Haitian Heritage Month and we wanted to celebrate with a recommended reading list dedicated to the history of the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti. May was chosen as Haitian Heritage Month because it marks the anniversary of the birth of Toussaint L’Ouverture, one of the most prominent, world-renowned leaders of the Haitian Revolution. May is also the month in which the Haitian Republic flag was created. The Haitian people and their revolution are so important because they...