What race was Willie Francis?

Question

Supreme Court case: Louisians EX REL. Francis v. Resweber, Sheriff, 1947: 329U.S. 459, 67 S. Ct. 374, 91 L.Ed. 2d 422

Answer 1

I think it was the human race.
There is no other race, but the human one.
Willie Francis (1930 – May 9, 1947) was a 17 year old African American sentenced to death by electrocution by the state of Louisiana in 1946 for murdering Andrew Thomas, a drugstore owner who employed him. His case is notable as being the first known incident of a failed execution by electrocution in the United States.
He is black and i am white, that is color and ethnics, not race.

Answer 2

I'm sure he belonged to the human race.

Answer 3

African American