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Between 1964 and 1986, the family dictatorships of François “Papa Doc” and Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returned to Dessalines’ black and red design. They included the national coat of arms, but altered the flags in its trophy to black as well.
Because the coat of arms is only used for national and military flags, whereas the civil flag consists solely of the two unaugmented horizontal bands.
Under the presidency of François Duvalier, who called himself “noiriste”, an ideological movement born of the indigenous school, the literary movement « Griots » of which he was a founding member. In fact, Duvalier adopted the flag of Dessalines and Christophe to symbolize his political orientation and his ideological vision. Under his presidency, many mulattoes, in the departments of the South and Grand’Anse, were murdered to fight the prejudices of colors in Haiti. However, Duvalier had been very supportive of the economic emergence of the Levantines close to the Americans, as was the case with Dessalines with the Poles, the English and the Americans during the massacre of French whites. These are tactical choices to divide the strangers between themselves in order to maintain power.
Whether Dessalines, Christophe or Duvalier, the choice of colors of the flag by these politicians is still based on an ideological basis. Sources:Mathias Pierre / Wikipedia
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