Group Photo of Walter L. Cohen and the People's Life Insurance Company Staff

Group Photo of Walter L. Cohen and the People's Life Insurance Company Staff

African American politicians
African American men
New Orleans (La.)--History
Photography

Group Photo of Walter L. Cohen and the People's Life Insurance Company Staff. Walter L. Cohen, Sr. (Front Row, 3rd From Left) (January 22, 1860 – December 29, 1930) was an African-American Republican politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Louisiana. A successful businessman, Cohen was the founder and president of the People's Life Insurance Company in New Orleans, a large industrial company whose clients were blacks. Cohen was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in New Orleans. He died in New Orleans and is interred there at St. Louis Cemetery III, 2022 Saint Bernard Avenue.

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