Albert C. Johnston (born 1900/1901 – June 23, 1988)[1] was a doctor described as part-black and of mixed parentage[1] who, along with his family, passed as white in Gorham and then Keene, New Hampshire.
William Lindsay White wrote a Reader's Digest article about the family and a short book was published from it in 1948 titled, Lost Boundaries.
A year later in 1949, a film was adapted from the book about the family was released, though changing the names of all involved and key elements were altered and made up.
[4] Johnston had trouble finding work but was eventually able to secure employment as a doctor by passing as white.
[3] He entered the Navy as a commissioned officer but the offer was rescinded; he eventually learned that the decision was due to the discovery of his ethnic background.