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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: The U.S. Rewrites the Haitian Constitution (1915) w/ Jelani Cobb
Description: It’s July 29th. This day in 1915, U.S. troops arrived in Haiti as the country’s political leadership is thrown into chaos by assassinations and violence. The U.S. would quickly rewrite the Haitian constitution and establish an occupying presence that lasted for decades.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker to discuss the political and economic justification for this intervention, and how you can’t understand Haitian history without understanding the history of U.S. meddling.
Jelani Cobb is the author of an updated version, “The Essential Kerner C...