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Article: Stamford man shares stories of Haitian life.
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- Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2007
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Byline: Stephen P. Clark
Jul. 14--STAMFORD -- When Flanegaine Joseph, a 19-year-old Haitian immigrant, was killed in a gang-related shooting on the West Side a year-and-a-half ago, Angelucci Manigat finally heeded the Haitian community's call for its own newspaper.
For seven years, local Haitian immigrants had implored Manigat, a former journalist in the Caribbean nation and a Stamford community activist, to start a Haitian newspaper. But Manigat declined, insisting that it would cost too much money and too much time.
In January 2006, however, he changed his mind.
"When Flanegaine died, there was no effective way to reach out to the ...