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Aug 25, 2021 · On Oct. 14, 1927, George and Willie Muse, now in their mid-30s, pulled back into their childhood home for the first time in 13 years. As they launched into “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” a song which had become a favorite of theirs during World War I, George spotted a familiar face at the back of the crowd.
- Morgan Dunn
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.
George and Willie Muse were two brothers who grew up in Truevine, part of a sharecropping family that lived in a tobacco farming community near Roanoke, Virginia. The two brothers were both albinos, a feature that Willie claimed prompted a circus man to abduct the two children in 1899 while they worked in a field.
Oct 17, 2016 · For years, black children around Roanoke, Va., heard the cautionary tale of Willie and George Muse, African American albino brothers who were kidnapped and forced to perform in a series of...
- Lynn Neary
Oct 18, 2016 · It's about Willie and George Muse, two brothers who are African-American with albinism and spent much of the first half of the 20th century working in freak shows. We're going to take a...
Oct 22, 2016 · By Seth Ferranti. October 22, 2016, 9:20am. In 1899, George and Willie Muse, then nine and six, were abducted from Truevine, Virginia, and forced into the circus. The brothers were both...
Oct 18, 2016 · Author Beth Macy discusses George and Willie Muse, albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped by a circus in the early 20th century
