Walter L. Cohen
Politician, Deceased Person
1860 – 1930
Who was Walter L. Cohen?
Walter L. Cohen, Sr. was an African-American Republican politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The New Orleans native was the son of Bernard Cohen and the former Amelia Bingaman. Like his better-known compatriot Homer Adolph Plessy, Cohen was a free black prior to passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He was also a Kohen. He noted that he was part of the most-hated ethnic group and most-hated religious group by the resurging Ku Klux Klan.
Educated in New Orleans, he was married to the former Antonia Manadé, and the couple had three children: Walter Cohen, Jr., Bernard J. Cohen, and Margot C. Farrell.
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- Born
- Jan 22, 1860
New Orleans - Also known as
- Walter Cohen
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 29, 1930
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on July 23, 2013
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