Four years after his parents fled the dictatorship of Haiti’s President François Duvalier, Jean-Claude Brizard — then 12 years old — was reunited with his family in New York. His parents’ sacrifice gave him the gift of opportunity, and in the four decades since then, Brizard has dedicated himself to giving every child he can that same feeling of hope. Read Brizard’s inspiring immigrant story — from teaching inmates at Rikers Island to leading Chicago’s public schools — in our latest comic. 👉 ht

Dictatorships in Hispaniola: Duvalier in Haiti & Trujillo in the Dominican Republic