MHS: Losing Laroche: The Story of the Titanic’s Only Black Passenger
Date and Time
October 18, 2018
05:15PM - 07:30PM EDT
Location
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
Speaker
Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
Losing Laroche is the first in-depth study of the only black family on board the RMS Titanic. The story of the Haitian Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche and his descendants is largely unknown and troubles the assumption of an all-white Titanic narrative. This paper seeks to understand the possibilities of black advancement in the Titanic moment and throughout the Diaspora.
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