Joseph Laroche with his wife Juliette Lafargue and daughters Simonne (left) and Louise, 1911; courtesy of Dr. Carter Jackson

Join us on Saturday, March 6 at 6 PM for “Untold Stories of the Titanic: The Only Black Passenger,” a virtual lecture by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson. The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 generated a plethora of books, films, and exhibitions.  But the tragic story of Haitian engineer Joseph Laroche (1886-1912), his French wife, and their children and descendants has been largely excluded from history.

In this lecture, Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Knafel Assistant Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, explores the unexplored aspect of race, and traces how Laroche’s story allows us to better understand the possibilities and limitations of black travel at the time of the Titanic tragedy.

This lecture is the seventh in our Noble on Watch (NOW) series and will premiere on the museum’s Facebook page or here on the website.