Talk:Jesse E. Moorland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ] | ||
This article states that Jesse E. Moorland was African American, but the picture is of a Caucasian man. This seems to be a contridiction.
Neelix 17:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Moorland is probably a mulatto or quadroon, meaning his heritage is of European and African ancestors. He may have fair skin and "good" hair, but he was considered "black/negro". You can even see from his biography that nothing about him was caucasian—he attend Howard University, a black college, and was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha a black frarternity, which only became interracial in 1945, 6 year after Moorland's death. You can view his full bio on African American Registry. Please remove contradiction tag once you are satisfied or reply back.
- Indeed. All the photographs that I have been able to locate look similar, yet every source I've found lists him as an African American. cbustapeck 19:04, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
