1o Celebs you didn't know were black

Suggest ^ | Aug. 19, 2014

[lulu16]

Did you know that these pop stars had black heritage?

Pete Wentz musician

Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars)

Wentworth Miller actor

Nicole Richie fashion designer

Slash musician

Rashida Jones actress

Adriana Lima model

Maya Rudolph

Carol Channing

Mariah Carey singer

[Rodamala]

“Professor”... so says Fiji Hill, but I wouldn’t say that though... ;)

[UnwashedPeasant]

Obama's alleged father, Obama senior, was not an African-American, but this actress is:

[catfish1957]

You and Navin R. Johnson.

You poor random bastard!!!

[lulu16]

I’m a girl, but I still say, “hubba, hubba,” in response to your picture of Ms. Theron.

[dfwgator]

“He hates these cans.”

[catfish1957]

Seems like an eternity since Steve Martin was funny.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Some say that George Herman Ruth (the Babe) belongs on this list as well . . . he also had an interesting nickname at St. Mary’s reformatory - “N***** Lips.

[bkopto]

Thank you for the post of the day.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Ms. Carol was always kind of ditsy. Maybe her mom used to tease her that her father was the milkman and he was black.

Wikipedia claims:
"According to Channing's 2002 memoir, when she left home to attend Bennington College in Vermont, her mother Adelaide informed Channing that her father George, who Channing had believed was born in Rhode Island, had actually been born in Augusta, Georgia. Adelaide claimed her husband's father was German-American and his mother was African-American. Channing's grandmother had moved with George to Providence, Rhode Island for his opportunities. According to Channing's account, her mother reportedly did not want [Channing] to be surprised "if she had a black baby"."

I have an account on Ancestry.com and can see the census records for her family. The 1860, 1870 and 1880 census all show the race of Ms. Channing's paternal grandmother (Clara Page) to be white.

[Cowboy Bob]

Many of these (if not all) are Mulattoes.

[Windflier]

Well I am Scottish, Choctaw, and British.

I'll go you one better. I'm all that, plus a dash of African.

[Shimmer1]

She’s not. She’s Iranian and Scottish

[kaehurowing]

Many Africans don’t think much of Americans. I had a friend who was from French Guinea. She thought American blacks were backwards and ignorant, and wouldn’t have anything to do with them.

[kaehurowing]

Definitely Not Guilty.

[octex]

I have no idea who some of those listed are.

Some FReepers may be too young to know who Dinah Shore was and that she also had black ancestry.

[SoothingDave]

Wait, you mean the daughters of Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are black? How did this happen?

[Albion Wilde]

In Puerto Rico or Brazil, most of these folks would be classified as “white.”

Africa, too.

[Albion Wilde]

Carol Channing who I never would have guessed to be “black”

A quarter or an eighth.

[Albion Wilde]

Can anyone explain Carol Channing?

Her Wikipedia page explains.

[Fiji Hill]

“Professor”... so says Fiji Hill, but I wouldn’t say that though...

OK, so what's the answer? W. E. B. DuBois?