Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March.
All of the students at St. Mary's were black, as required by law. But unlike the staff at black public schools, the teachers – all of whom were nuns – were white. So, Arnetta grew up mingling comfortably with white people. In fact, had she wanted to, she could have "passed" for white herself.
The excerpt uses third-person narration, because
a character tells the events of the story.
the author tells the facts of the story.
the author speaks to the reader.
the author knows how the story ends.