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Article: HAITIAN-AMERICANS SEEK POLITICAL CLOUT.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. -- In the past 30 years, Jacques Despinosse has watched Jewish Americans achieve political power in New York and Cuban-Americans carve out a similar foothold in Florida.
The Haitian-born activist moved to Miami from New York in the 1970s and became a radio host - ''The Voice of the Haitian-American,'' urging listeners to become politically active.
''Why not copy from them? If it worked for them, it could work for us,'' Despinosse said. ''Now we're beginning to see the fruit.''
Last week, Despinosse, 55, was sworn in as a North Miami city council member, part of a coming-out party that has ...