| To see 1969 Letters, click here. For PDF, click here. (Adobe Acrobat required) |
| To see the 1958 Research Paper by Robert Stucker in pdf format, click here. (Adobe Acrobat required) |
| White Americans who acknowledge some African Ancestry |
| Black Americans who look white (and obviously are partly) |
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| Pure White? Not really. The "pure" white American is close to being a myth. Read more. |
| In 1967, the U.S. Surpreme Court struck down Virginia's anti-miscegination laws. The court received into evidence, research by Robert Stuckert, showing that a large percentage of white Americans have at least one black American ancestor. This “one black American ancestor” amounts to a miniscule part of any given white person’s genetic background. The research, done in the early 1900’s, estimated about 20% or so of the white American population had an average of 3% to 5% genes of African origin. Assuming random mate selection within the white population and using population statistics to extrapolate 75 years or so to the present, we are likely to find that the many white Americans have a black American ancestor. If one then considers other "non-white" ancestry, the unavoidable conclusion is that "pure" white Americans are now a minority. |
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| Julia Jefferson Westerinen, a Jefferson-Hemmings descendant. Also pictured, her daughter, Dorothy and grandfather, Carl Smith Jefferson. For the full story, login and read the NY Times's article. |
| Gregory Howard Williams, former Dean at OSU's College of Law |
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| Walter White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, 1931-1955. Could have passed for white, chose instead to identify with his black ancestry. |
| Congressman Harold Ford, Jr., representing Tennessee. |
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| Carol Channing, actress in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Hello Dolly" & many others. See Parade Magazine 10/13/02 |
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| Adam Clayton Powell, Congressman from Harlem, NYC, 1945-1971 |
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| Dr. Juanita Brooks. Visit her website at: www.myshoes2.com |
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| From article in Scientific American, December 2003, http://www.sciam.com/ According to Shriver's analyses, approximately 30 percent of Americans who consider themselves "white" have less than 90 percent European ancestry. |