[Fox_Mulder77]

It wasn't at all uncommon for birth certificates to list "Race or Color"

This document isn't a birth certificate. It's a certification of birth, I'm looking at my certification of birth right now, and it doesnt show race...... but my birth certificate does.

[Non-Sequitur]

It's a certification of birth, I'm looking at my certification of birth right now, and it doesnt show race...... but my birth certificate does.

I'm looking at mine and my birth certificate is titled "Certificate of Birth". They're one and the same.

[meyer]

This document isn't a birth certificate. It's a certification of birth, I'm looking at my certification of birth right now, and it doesnt show race...... but my birth certificate does.

My birth certificate, dated 1959, is much different. But, it's original issue. It has spaces for "Color or Race" for both mother and father. In those days, it would be "White" or "Black", not Caucasian and African.

There's a great deal more information - place of birth, residence of Mother, and various signatures including the signature of the attending doctor and the registrar.

I don't know enough about these things to say whether this is acceptable or not, but I can say with certainty that it's not an original 1961 document.