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A self-portrait by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat could sell for as much as $40 million in an upcoming auction, according to Christies, which has included “Untitled, 1982” in the lineup for its May 10 sale of contemporary and post-war art. The eye-popping estimate would make it the...

Source: Challenges News The theme of the Jan. 28 Haitian Roundtable (HRT) event, which was held at Caribbean BK9 Restaurant and Bar in Brooklyn, NYC, was Haiti’s Independence Day (Jan. 1). Two months after his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s colonial forces, Jean-Jacques...

The nation’s oldest and largest private bank, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., is showing their commitment to boosting diversity with the hiring of its first diversity officer. On Dec. 16, the company announced the appointment of Chris Michel to Head of Diversity and Inclusion...

Dayanne Danier, a ,member of the Haitian Roundtable talks with the web site Kreyolicious about her dual career as a designer an philanthropist. Read the interview.

Attorney Dweynie Esther Paul has become the first Haitian-American elected a judge on the New York City Civil Court. She joins an impressive team of elected Haitian-Americans in the New York Metro area, including New York State Assemblywomen Rodneyse Bichotte and Kimberly...

Members of the Haitian Roundtable (HRT) have joined New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio in condemning the threatened expulsion of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin from the Dominican Republic. The possibility of a forced exodus has emerged since a deadline...

The aftermath of a 2013 decision by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court denying citizenship to the children of undocumented Haitian immigrants as far back as 1929 remained one of the tragic stories of 2015. The story and its aftermath continue to resonate in the news...

Writer and academic Roxanne Gay has made quite a splash in recent years with highly acclaimed books and thoughtful articles frequently published in the New York Times. Gay, born of Haitian parents in Nebraska, earned a doctorate at Michigan Technical University and teaches...

Documentary filmmaker Michèle Stephenson, who is among the inductees on this year’s 1804 List of Haitian-American Changemakers, has won an NAACP Image Award for her book, Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life – co-authored with Joe Brewster and Hilary...

The year 2014 provided plenty of evidence of the growing political clout of the Haitian-American community. Among the many firsts: a Haitian-American was elected to the U.S. Congress, representing a conservative Western state. Ludmyia Bourdeau “Mia” Love, the daughter of Haitian...