
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 23, 1994                   TAG: 9407200121
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Randy Walker special to Roanoke Times & World-News
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BREAKING BARRIERS

Manuel Offhaus does not fit conveniently into any racial category.

His biological father was a black Jamican; his mother, a white German. He was adopted by a white German couple and grew up in Berlin, where there are few blacks.\ Please see microfilm for the rest of the story.

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