Self-Determining Haiti / Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

A series of journalistic articles and official documents investigates the United States intervention and military occupation of Haiti, arguing that financial and strategic interests—particularly influence by a major New York bank—rather than solely humanitarian concerns, motivated intervention. It recounts diplomatic pressure for fiscal control, the events that precipitated landing of American forces, the imposition of a convention that transferred customs and financial administration to U.S. control, and the use of military force to seize customs houses and disarm Haitians. The pamphlet combines reportage, analysis, and primary records to document policy decisions, contested negotiations, and their human and political consequences.