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Was John Russel Houston Jr white?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, he was not white, rather the opposite color, the other end of the spectrum. He was indeed, not a white man, but, as you have gathered, he was, in spite of speculation, a black man.

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