Sentence examples for was of mixed from inspiring English sources

(Mr. Wilson himself was of mixed ancestry).

His mother, Grace, was of mixed Scottish and French descent.

Each of the cashiers was of mixed race.

(Woods was raised by his mother, who was African-American. His father was of mixed race).

Baker, like Duggan, was of mixed heritage and lived in Tottenham.

Madiou, who was of mixed race, had spent a privileged childhood in France.

Aldridge, though, was of mixed race: an English native, she was the daughter of an African-American and a Swede.

"There was a saying: 'Money whitens.' " One of the Cape's earliest governors, Simon van der Stel, was of mixed race.

Josephine St. Pierre was of mixed racial ancestry and acquired a limited education from schools in Salem and Boston.

This had been so exclusive that not even the pre-revolutionary dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had been entitled to enter, on the grounds that he was of mixed race.

He was of mixed race, but in his youth he identified fiercely with the Xhosa, and like Mr. Mandela he was for a time a devoted black nationalist.