The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7th Ward of New Orleans was palpable even ...

Many commentators have strained to make sense of the connection to Haiti. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAITILIBRE.COM Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has ...

But this response, while intuitively satisfying, walks into a rhetorical trap laid by the very people it seeks to expose.

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.