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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
August 8, 19348 de agosto de 1934 · Atlanta, Georgia · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Atlanta daily world

SourceFuente: Atlanta daily world · Atlanta, Georgia · August 8, 19348 de agosto de 1934
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015425/1934-08-08/ed-1/?sp=4

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

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The *Atlanta Daily World* reviewed the NAACP's campaign against the U.S. military occupation in Haiti, highlighting Secretary James Weldon Johnson's role in helping organize the Patriotic Union of Haiti in 1920. The article recounted how a Haitian commission that included future President Sténio Vincent presented a memorial in Washington against marine abuses, prompting military censorship in Haiti. It also noted Johnson's 1922 testimony before a U.S. Senate committee investigating military governance in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

El *Atlanta Daily World* reseñó la campaña de la NAACP contra la ocupación militar estadounidense en Haití, destacando el papel del secretario James Weldon Johnson en la organización de la Unión Patriótica de Haití en 1920. El artículo relató cómo una comisión haitiana que incluía al futuro presidente Sténio Vincent presentó un memorial en Washington contra los abusos de los marines, lo que desencadenó la censura militar en Haití. Anotó asimismo el testimonio de Johnson en 1922 ante una comisión del Senado estadounidense que investigaba el gobierno militar tanto en Haití como en la República Dominicana.

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The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

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The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

"investigation’’ would be only an.

other whitewash.

His prophesy came true. Gen

eral Barnett modified hs original

admission. Other high witnesses

wer e evasive. The heatings held

were barred from the hearings and

others were intimidated. As ex

pected, the Court of Inquiry ab

solved the Marines.

Haitian Opinion Organized

When the 66th Congress ad

journed without acting on joint

resdlutiori, calling for a complete

inve’t gation of a ll American acts

in Haiti, the N. A A. C. P. Board

ordered Secretary James Weldon

Johnson to begin organizing Hai

tian opinion. This he proceeded to

do. and on November 17, 1920, the

Patriotic Union of Haiti was form

ed with M. George Sylvain, noted

Haitian lawyer and diplomat, as

hi ad. it shortly became national

in scope and membership and

shortly sent a commission of three

leading Haitians, one of whom was

Stenio Vincent, now President of

Haiti, to the United State's to pre

sent a memorial to the President,

to Congress and to the American

people, reviewing American ruleTn

Haiti and condemning the Marine

Terror. American newspapers'-

gave wide publicity to the Me

morial but Cplonel John H. Riis,

sell immediately established a cen

sorship in Haiti forbidding publi

cation of American press com

ments in Haitian newspapers.

In 1922, a Senatorial Committee

was a ppointed to “inquire into the

occupation and administration of

th e terrorists of the Republic of

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

by the forces of the United State#.’'

James Weldon Johnson, the Asso

cation’s secretary, testified before

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Atlanta daily world. (1934). Atlanta, Georgia, 1934-08-08. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015425/1934-08-08/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Atlanta daily world, 1934-08-08.

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