Walter L. Cohen, Sr. was an African-American Republican politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Cohen was born a free man of color in New Orleans on January 22, 1860. He was educated at St. Louis Catholic School and Straight College. An active member of Reconstruction politics. Cohen was one of the few […]
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