Given the question: Facts: - death place: new orleans , louisiana , u.s. - party: republican - death date: 29 december 1930 - birth date: 22 january 1860 - name: walter l. cohen , sr. - ethnicity: black , jewish - nationality: american - parents: bernard and amerlia bingaman cohen - birth place: new orleans , louisiana , u.s. - religion: roman catholic - occupation: businessman -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walter l. cohen .
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walter l. cohen , sr. -lrb- january 22 , 1860 -- december 29 , 1930 -rrb- 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 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 manade , and the couple had three children : walter cohen , jr. , bernard j. cohen , and margot c. farrell .