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John Russell Houston, Jr. was of Black heritage. However, Whitney Houston was of mixed-heritage as her g-great grandmother on John Houston's, Jr.'s wife's side, Sarah Elizabeth Collins, was a White woman. Her name was Sarah Burke and she was married to a Black man named David Sanderson, who fought for Black rights in the early 1800's.

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John Russell Houston Jr. was Whitney Houston's father. He passed away in 2003 at the age of 83.

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The father of deceased music icon Whitney Houston.

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Yes, John Russell Houston Jr., Whitney Houston's father, was black.

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John Russell Houston Jr., the late father of Whitney Houston, was black.

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By most accounts, he was African-American. (Some sources have said he had some Native American blood too.)

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3/4 African American, 1/4 Caucasian

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He was African-American.

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