#  MHS: Losing Laroche: The Story of the Titanic’s Only Black Passenger 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 18, 2018** 

 05:15PM - 07:30PM EDT 

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 **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.

 To RSVP: email <seminars@masshist.org> or call (617) 646-0579.



 

 



 

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