Page 231 contains the requirements for "Race and color." "Births in the United States in 1961 are classified for vital statistics into white, Negro, American Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Aleut, Eskimo, Hawaiian and Part-Hawaiian (combined), and "other nonwhite."
No classification for "African" as listed on Obama COLB
from steady drip link
Someone asked about that and I can't remember if they asked Hawaii records or who, but the way they got out of that was to say at the time they allowed the parents to put down any race and color they wanted. *rollingeyes*