Viter Juste

Viter Juste (December 15, 1924 – November 19, 2012) was a Haitian-born American community leader, businessman, and activist. Juste coined the name, "Little Haiti," for the neighborhood in Miami, Florida which is a center of the Haitian American community in Florida. He is considered the father of the Haitian American community in Miami.

Viter Juste was born on the island of La Gonâve, a Haitian island in the Gulf of Gonâve, on December 15, 1924. His father was a businessman. Viter Juste received a college degree in business and accounting. In 1946, Juste opened his first business, a supermarket located in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. He later shuttered his supermarket in order to take a position with a disease eradication program operated by the United Nations.

Juste's life in Haiti changed in the aftermath of the 1957 Haitian presidential election, which was won by François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Duvalier would become a dictator, responsible for the deaths of thousands and the flight of many professionals from the country. Juste, who had openly supported Duvalier's main opponent, Louis Déjoie, in the election decided to leave Haiti for the United States for the safety of himself and his family. He initially moved to Texas, before living in New York City for several years. In 1973, Juste, his wife, Maria, and their children moved to Miami, Florida.

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