First Haitians

The only interracial couple on board RMS Titanic was Haitian engineer Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche and his wife Juliette Lafargue. They were accompanied by their two daughters.

They made it. He did not.

Lemercier Laroche was the only black man to perish in the Titanic but he had a chance to save his family first.

Leonardo DiCaprio's role in the movie TITANIC could have easily been played by a Black man and it would have been historically accurate.

The story of this interracial family onboard RMS TItanic was not known until 2000, three years after the movie Titanic was released.

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Haiti president Michel Martelly became the first Haitian president to hold the post of Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since Haiti joined the organization in 2002.

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Christalie Parisot is the first Haitian to have a show on NBC.

Christalie Parisot is the daughter of longtime Haitian radio and television personality Elizabeth Guerin.

See Christalie Parisot On NBC Miami Non Stop

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Here is a photo of Andre Birotte Jr., the Haitian American Inspector General of the LAPD.

On December 24, 2009, during a news conference in Los Angeles, US President Barack Obama nominated Haitian-American Andre Birotte Jr. to become the next U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.

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Noramie Festa Jasmin, previously a trustee and deputy mayor of Spring valley, was sworn in as mayor on Monday December 7, 2009.

Noramie F. Jasmin is the first woman to hold the title of "Mayor of Spring Valley NY" since the incorporation of the village in 1902.

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Reginald "Reggie" Fils-Aime is Haitian-American and the President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo America.

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Here is a photo of President Obama and Canada Governor General Michaelle Jean

President Obama met with Governor General Michaelle Jean on his First trip to Canada

Read more about it here:

President Obama wants to discuss Haiti with Michaelle Jean

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Here is a still photo of Haitian-American Senator Kwame Raoul being interviewed by Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball"

Senator Kwame Raoul fill the vacant seat left by Barack Obama when he became a U.S. Senator.

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Here is a still photo of Haitian-American Senator Kwame Raoul being interviewed by Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball"

Senator Kwame Raoul fill the vacant seat left by Barack Obama when he became a U.S. Senator.

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Haitian-American Senator Kwame Raoul was appointed on November 6, 2004 to fill the state Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who had just been elected to the United States Senate.

Senator Kwame Raoul was born in Chicago to Haitian immigrant parents, Janin and Marie Raoul.

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