Hear Gerald Horne speak about his new book, Confronting Black Jacobins, at Tamiment Library, New York University, October 30

Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic

Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, Gerald Horne, recorded by Mitchel Cohen for WBAI-FM radio at New York University’s Tamiment Library, talks about why a study of the 1804 Haitian Revolution might be relevant to today:

“It’s mandatory to tease out the contemporary repercussions of historical events, and I say this particularly standing here in New York in the United States of America, where there is an ongoing crisis. We need deeper thinking, not least on of this spate of televised, almost pornographic, murders . . . Of course, I’m speaking of Eric Garner, who was killed right here in this city, but of course also Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland . . .”