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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Sweet Micky, Jean Dominique, Yves Jabouin, Michele Bennett, Richard Auguste Morse, Edwidge Danticat, Joe Gaetjens, Gerard Jean-Juste, Jacques Roumain, Samuel Dalembert, Alexandre Petion, Ludovic Lamothe, Lee Holdridge, Charles Henri Baker, Guerdy J. Preval, Arnold Antonin, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Elisabeth Delatour Preval, Phillip Brutus, Dany Laferriere, Misty Jean, Jimmy O, Maxime Boisclair, Raoul Peck, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Olden Polynice, Rudy Doliscat, Jeanne-Marie Marsan, Luck Mervil, Rigaud Benoit, Edrick Floreal, Antoine Craan, Jean-Max Bellerive, Sarodj Bertin, Fibi Love, Fabrice Rouzier, Michele Montas, Firmin Monestime, Minette et Lise, Belo, Jude Celestin, Leon Laleau, Jean-Claude Bajeux, Coupe Cloue, Clark Parent, Louis-Joseph Janvier, Thomas Madiou, Marie-Celie Agnant, Marie-Therese Colimon-Hall, Petion Savain, Massillon Coicou, Coriolan Ardouin, Justin Lherisson, Ignace Nau, Carl Brouard, Jean Fouchard, Marie Vieux Chauvet, Roger Dorsinville, Dantes Bellegarde, Emile Nau, Villard Denis, Roger Gaillard, Justin Chrysostome Dorsainvil, Juste Chanlatte, Ida Faubert, Johny Joseph, Frederic Marcelin, Liautaud Etheart, Emmanuel Constant, Jackson Georges, Christophe Charles, Aubelin Jolicoeur. Excerpt: Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Bebe Doc" or "Baby Doc" (born July 3, 1951) was the President of Haiti from 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986. He succeeded his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, as the ruler of Haiti upon his father's death in 1971. After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors, though thousands of Haitians were killed or tortured, and hundreds of thousands fled the country. He maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle (including a state-sponsored US$3 million wedding in...