Anti-Duvalier protest movement Anti-Duvalier protest movement The Anti-Duvalier protest movement was a series of demonstrations in Haiti from 23 May 1984 – 7 February 1986, that led to the overthrow of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and the Duvalier dynasty regime. Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier was elected to presidency in the 1957 general election, and he declared himself “President for life” following the 1964 constitutional referendum. In the aftermath of the 1958 coup d'état attempt, to keep the populace subservient, Papa Doc created a paramilitary force called the Tonton Macoutes (), notorious of its use of violence and intimidation. In 1970, the force was renamed
Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg (born 1939) is a French writer of children's books and a playwright. Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs including working as a tailor, he takes to the middle part of his play "L'Atelier". He discovered drama being an actor in the company. He became a writer in 1968 with "Demain, une fenêtre sur rue", and short texts like "Rixe" which played at the Comédie-Française. He writes about what haunts him since childhood: the death of his father in the Nazi death camps: "Maman revient pauvre orphelin", "Dreyfus" (1974), "L'Atelier" (1979) and "Zone libre"