Haitian Gossip - The only black man who perished in the Titanic was Haitian
Published: Fri, 03/06/09
He was Haitian...
The only black man who perished in the Titanic
(KREYOL - Te gen yon sel neg nwa nan bato TITANIK la, li se yon Haitien - Lire en Francais)
You've seen the movie TITANIC starring Leonardo DiCaprio but did you know?
There was a Haitian man on the ship!
His uncle was President of Republic of Haiti!
Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that's after he saved his wife and kids.
In the blockbuster film Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio's role could have easily been played by a Black man and it would have been historically accurate. In fact, the life story of Haitian native Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is far more intriguing than the movie's lead character, but no one knew of his existence until recently.
Thank you, Lindsay Firmin, for this info.