1936-09: (Perez and Sylvain Respond to the New World Almanac — In the Issue Perez and Madeleine Sylvain Both Writing About the Nineteenth-Century Fortress Bu…

1936-09: (Perez and Sylvain Respond to the New World Almanac — In the Issue Perez and Madeleine Sylvain Both Writing About the Nineteenth-Century Fortress Built by Haitian President and King Henry Christophe, Responding to a New World Almanac Essay That Named the Citadelle an Additional “Wonder of the World”): In the issue, Perez and Madeleine Sylvain both wrote about the nineteenth-century fortress, built by Haitian president and King Henry Christophe. They were responding to a New World Almanac essay that named the Citadelle an additional wonder of the world — the international recognition offered an occasion for the LFAS women to claim the Citadelle not only as national patrimony but as proof of Black genius addressed to a global audience.