The ill-fated love story of Joseph Laroche, the only Black man aboard the Titanic
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 27, 2023
- Joseph Laroche was a Haitian engineer who married Juliette Lafargue, the daughter of a French wine seller.
- The Laroches and their two daughters boarded the Titanic to return to Haiti in April 1912.
The 1912 sinking of the Titanic has become one of the most infamous shipwrecks of all time. But the story of the only known Black man and his family aboard the ship has largely been excluded from history . . .
