Another Mississippi Connection: Major Archibald Butt
Major Archibald Willingham Butt wasn’t a Mississippian, but he had Mississippi connections. The prominent Titanic victim had at least one family member and several former classmates who were Mississippi residents.
Black People and Titanic: The Reality
The story of Joseph Laroche is one that has, until relatively recently, been largely forgotten in Titanic memory and discourse. The lingering question concerns why this is the case.
Black People and Titanic: The Myth
Despite their apparent distance from the Titanic disaster, black people appropriated the memory of the Titanic and adapted it for their own use. For black Americans, the Titanic lived in music as well as narrative poems called toasts. Why did blacks remember the Titanic in these ways, and what meanings did the Titanic hold for them?
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