Alvera Fredric, born into black family in New Orleans, spent her life passing as white. (Family photo) I'd never seen my mother so afraid. "Promise me," she pleaded, "you... On the 1940 Louisiana census my mother, Alvera Frederic, was listed as Negro, working in a teashop, a typical job for a woman of color. Four years after that census was. Gail Lukasik’s mother was a multiracial woman who passed as white and kept her heritage a secret from her family for her whole life. Info on how we might use your contribution...
Gail Lukasik’s mother was a multiracial woman who passed as white and kept her heritage a secret from her family for her whole life. Info on how we might use your contribution...