The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...
Toussaint was captured and exiled, but the fighting continued under the leadership of Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe. On January 1, 1804, Dessalines proclaimed himself ruler of the ...
Sunday marks 15 years since a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people and causing billions in damages. On Saturday night, Haitian-Americans in the Chicago area came ...