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1964

1964: President Duvalier felt strong enough to formally impose the black and red vertical flag of Dessalines as the official colors of the state.

1964: President Duvalier felt strong enough to formally impose the black and red vertical flag of Dessalines as the official colors of the state. This change was presented as the symbolic consummation of the victory of the black masses over the traditional mulatto elite.

Source  ·  p. 235 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 235