1940s: (The Haitian Arts Movement and Négritude — the Haitian Arts Movement Resonating with the Broader Négritude Movement That Celebrated the Study of Globa…

1940s: (The Haitian Arts Movement and Négritude — the Haitian Arts Movement Resonating with the Broader Négritude Movement That Celebrated the Study of Global African Cultures, Perez and de Pradines Being Among a Cohort of Black Artists from Throughout the Region Who Studied Taught and Created Art in Haiti Including Katherine Dunham Zora Neale Hurston Suzanne Césaire Langston Hughes and Lavinia Williams — Haitian Artists Like Lina Mathion Blanchet de Pradines and Perez Also Leaving the Country to Perform in the United States): The Haitian arts movement also resonated with the broader négritude movement that celebrated the study of global African cultures. Perez and de Pradines were among a cohort of Black artists from throughout the region who studied, taught, and created art in Haiti, including Katherine Dunham, Zora Neale Hurston, Suzanne Césaire, Langston Hughes, and Lavinia Williams. Haitian artists like Lina Mathion Blanchet, de Pradines, and Perez also left the country to perform in the United States — the traffic was bidirectional, Black artists from across the Americas converging on Haiti as both laboratory and stage for the diasporic cultural renaissance.