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In the early 20th century, two African-American albino brothers named George and Willie Muse endured a life far from ordinary.
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Sep 7, 2023 · In the early 20th century, a captivating yet heart-wrenching story unfolded, centered around two albino African-American brothers, George and Willie Muse. Their lives took a dramatic turn when they were plucked from a Virginia farm and thrust into the bright lights of the circus world.
*** CORRECTION TO INFO IN VIDEO: GEORGE DIED FIRST, THEN WILLIE ***This is the tragic story of two young brothers who were kidnapped from a farm in the early...
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Jul 10, 2018 · Two African-American albino brothers, George and Willie Muse, were the grandsons of former slaves and sons of tobacco sharecroppers born in Roanoke, Virginia, in the 1890’s.
George and Willie Muse, two young African American brothers from Virginia, were kidnapped and forced to join a traveling circus in the early 1900s. Their liv...
Oct 18, 2016 · Journalist Beth Macy talks about George and Willie Muse, black albino brothers who were born in the Jim Crow South and were forced to become circus freaks. Her new book, Truevine, retells their...
The book tells the story of George and Willie Muse, two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and forced to perform as sideshow attractions because they were albinos. Truevine was released on October 18, 2016 through Little, Brown and Company.
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