Apparently the IOC did not allow Toussaint L'Ouverture to be portrayed on the horse's back as in the original painting. 'nuff respect to the #BlackJacobins for being controversial 200+ years late

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Cover of Black Spartacus, showing a profile of Toussaint Louverture.

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Painting of Toussaint in a double-breasted great coat, with brass buttons and epaulets, and a 3-cornered hat.

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Book Suggestion: The Black Jacobins Reader The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. Jamess classic history of the Haitian Revolution. In addition to considering the books literary qualities and its role in Jamess emergence as a writer and thinker, the contributors…

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Book Suggestion: The Black Jacobins Reader The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. Jamess classic history of the Haitian Revolution. In addition to considering the books literary qualities and its role in Jamess emergence as a writer and thinker, the contributors…

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