Losing Laroche: The Story of the Titanic’s Only Black Passenger
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Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
Comment: Saje Mathieu, University of Minnesota
Comment: Saje Mathieu, University of Minnesota
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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