@kelvinwashington36: Dr. Albert C. Johnston, Born: 1900 in Chicago, Illinois Died: 1988 in Hawaii Dr. Albert C. Johnston, Negro physician in Keene, N. H., whose story of passing for white was told in the movie Lost Boundaries, was fired from his post as radiologist at Keene’s Elliott Community Hospital. Chester Kingsbury, hospital board president, said racial prejudice was not the reason for the dismissal, claimed that Dr. Johnston could not devote full time to the job. Dr. Johnston said he would not seek reinstatement, Dr. Johnston explained there was “no doubt whatsoever” that he was fired because of the film of his life. “They have been picking on me ever since my story came out (in 1949). I don’t give a darn for the job itself, but I’m concerned over the fact that I was fired because I’m a Negro,” he declared. The physician said he learned that the hospital was looking for a new radiologist soon after he let his children know their racial identity in 1947, added that “somebody began knifing me.” They have been picking on me ever since my story came out,” he told the press. “In spite of all that I have accomplished as a white man, I have, more or less, an empty life.” The Johnston family abandoned New Hampshire in 1966 and moved permanently to Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Johnston died in 1988 and Thyra Johnston in 1995. One of Albert Jr.’s original songs had been used in “Lost Boundaries,” and he became a successful composer. Albert Johnston Jr. was 16 when he found out he was Black. His fair-skinned African American parents had been “passing” as white, they told him, since moving from Chicago. One day, Albert Jr. left home to go on a journey across the country. For the first time, he visited his black aunts, uncles, and cousins. He met black lawyers, doctors, and film actors. He began to learn more about himself as a young black man. He began to feel confident about his future. Albert Jr. returned home and entered the University of New Hampshire to become a music composer, a writer of music. One day, he and friends visited a famous Hollywood producer who had just moved to New Hampshire. Albert Jr. wanted to ask the man to make more movies about important black people in American history. During the meeting, Albert Jr. shared what had happened to his father during the war. The film producer was very interested. He asked the Johnston family if he could share their story. In 1948, the family’s story became a famous book and in 1949 it became a Hollywood movie called Lost Boundaries. Suddenly the family secret was out!. The Johnston family continued to live and work in Keene for many more years. People from all around the country wrote to them to share their own experiences with racial passing and with racism. During the 1950s, Dr. Johnston and Albert Jr. traveled and gave speeches to help end discrimination against black Americans. Dr. and Mrs. Johnston retired to Hawaii in 1966. When he died in 1988, Dr. Johnston was buried back in Keene, NH. He is remembered for being a wonderful doctor and a brave man for sharing his family’s story. #fypシ゚ #fypシ゚viral #blackhistory #blackhistorytiktok

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