His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

Prior to 1998, Harold of 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' was depicted as racially ambiguous. Harper & Brothers, 1955

Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color?

If you’ve bought any of the “Harold” books published in the past 25 years, or saw the new movie starring Zachary Levi as an adult Harold, your answer is probably “No.”