Wow, I would've never known! But I guess I could have always looked it up, Lol! I like it when the universe through things my way like that, or is it the algorithm. Since they're always listening and watching. I enjoyed learning something new today about Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche and his family. Technically he wasn't the only "Black" passenger on the Titanic, his kids are also black too. I don't care how much cream they have in their coffee. Lol!


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Titanic

Encyclopedia Britannica

Titanic, in full Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 (see Researcher's Note: Titanic) passengers and ship personnel. One of the most famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired numerous stories, several films, and a musical and has been the subject of much scholarship and scientific speculation.

Nobel Maritime Collection

Program Director Dawn Daniels introduces the first lecture of a two-part program of the “Untold Stories of the Titanic: The Only Black Passenger.” Presented by Dr. Kellie Carter-Jackson, professor of humanities in the department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. Who study the lived experiences of Black people with a focus on slavery, abolitionism, the Civil War, political violence, Black women’s history, and film.

Today’s presentation is about Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche and the Laroche Family. Joseph, originally from Haiti married a French woman by the name of Juliette Marie Louise Lafargue in 1908 and had two daughters. Juliette was expecting a boy when she boarded the Titanic with her family in April of 1912.

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