PATRICK BELLEGARDE-SMITH is a professor of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Today, he will place Haiti's current political situation in a historical context, explaining the history of American involvement in Haiti. BELLEGARDE-SMITH grew up in Haiti, at the height of the Duvalier dictatorship. His grandfather was Dantes Bellegarde, one of Haiti's leading social philosophers. BELLEGARDE-SMITH will talk about Haiti from a personal standpoint as well
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