Millie & Kristy

COUSINS... :-)

The family he claimed can't find the link to him in their ancestry as well!
The African American Oral History is the key!

(Hoover family members come forward & provide startling new evidence)

"The man who plagued Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,and Civil Rights leaders, had a mixture of African American bloodline, which doesn't make him any different from what he wanted to be." _Millie L. McGhee

HE THOUGHT HE FOOLED US ALL!...

BUT A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL HEARD IT ALL!

"WHAT'S DONE IN THE DARK, WILL COME TO THE LIGHT!" _ GOD

McGhee said, "According to her Traditional Oral History, some slaves were actually treated like family." She noted in her book that William Hoover cared for Emily Allen, and he fathered several children with her on the plantation in McComb, Mississippi. They both lived and died there. Emily was McGhee's Great, Great, Grandmother.

In McGhee's Traditional Oral History, William Hoover supposedly fathered all eight of Emily’s children. However, after the completion of the research and all documents were viewed, McGhee discovered that only six of Emily’s children were fathered by William. Also discovered, Emily Allen had another child by an unknown white-man in McComb, Mississippi.

In further discovery, Christian Hoover a Mississippi State Senator and a slave owner, also fathered a child by Emily before willing her to his son William. William was a married man, and fathered Emily's other children. One of those children was McGhee's Great Grandfather, William Allen, Big Daddy's father.

After finishing the research, and studying all the documents McGhee realized that Emily was ABUSED just as all the slaves were during slavery. Now, after learning the truth about her roots, McGhee says, "I am still so very proud of the fact that my grandfather and mother told me Traditional Oral History in such a way that I received it to be love, and not hatred." She went on to say, "We are not born with hatred, it's taught."

A report by Robert Stackert - Sociologist - Ohio State University, that stated, "As many as 155,500 fair-skinned African-Americans slipped across the color-line during the 1940's alone. Census and fertility data show that by 1950 about 21 percent of whites in the USA had black ancestry within four generations."

McGhee is proud to be able to put all doubt behind her after her meeting with a Hoover cousin, Kristy; who doesn't deny the kinship. Both are now ready to move forward with passion to erase the skin-color-line.

"In spite of J. Edgar Hoover's shame of his mixture of our black blood, I hope that my book helps to educate, and also erase the color barrier and stigma that accompanies having a mixture of other bloodlines." She also said, "We must realize that having a mixture of bloodlines doesn't change who you are!" -- Millie L. McGhee

Millie with Harold & Helen Hoover

Two people,  A universe apart! J. Edgar Hoover,  a white man, and Millie L. McGhee an African American. Yet linked by a secret That changes both lives and
the course of a NATION forever...

Now, a decade later... the two families met... and are looking for their roots together!  

AMERICA'S HISTORY UNFOLDING!

Kristy Hoover Sullivan was the first of J. Edgar Hoover's relatives to reach out and offer help to author, Millie L. McGhee. Then she invited the author into their lives to find the truth together. The Hoover's and the author are planning a trip to the Hoover Plantation in Summit, Mississippi. They have joined together to find their roots.

"It's character that counts, not skin-color." - Millie L. McGhee

MAYOR OF EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY
ROBERT BOWSER & AUTHOR MILLIE L. MCGHEE

LUCIUS BOWSER & MILLIE L. MCGHEE

REMARKS

It gives me great pleasure to give this statement to the readers of the third edition of, “Secrets Uncovered,” J. Edgar Hoover The Relative! When reading the first edition, and second edition titled, “Secrets Uncovered, J. Edgar Hoover Passing For White?” I knew in my soul that there was something more to this story. What African American would pick J. Edgar Hoover as a relative? I wanted to meet this young woman and see what kind of research she had done to come up with such a story.

During my yearlong association with Millie L. McGhee, I finally got a chance to review her work. The many hours of research and study she put into educating herself, was amazing and exciting. I looked at over eighty hours of videotapes, TV and radio interviews, as well as many pictures, and the research that was done over a period of four years.

It was great to have had the opportunity to travel with her in 2002. A group of us traveled, her family and her newly found cousins, Kristy Hoover Sullivan and her daughter Haley. We traveled back to Mississippi going through the research that was done there. From Washington DC, Ms. Mertine Moore, an agent; Ms. Denise Bouldin, of Seattle, WA, an agent; Mr. Wallace Allen, of San Bernardino, CA, a radio talk show host; Mr. Danny Arguello, of Ontario, CA, Vice President of Allen-Morris Publishing; Dr. Leslie L. Morris, Millie's husband; Mrs. Alberta Allen McGhee, her mother; Ms. Queen E. Tobias, her sister; Ms. Heather Kelly, a student photographer of California. We were able to walk on the common burial ground with four generations of ancestors. The burial ground was a part of the plantation. Christian Hoover, a Mississippi Judge, State Legislator, Senator, and Minister once owned this land. Then later the land was willed to Clarence Allen (Big Daddy), who was Christian Hoover’s bed warmer Emily Allen's grandson.

It was very interesting to find this history on this white businessman, Mr. Christian (Kit) Hoover. He was laid to rest in the Hoover burial ground not many feet from Ivy Hoover, his African American son. Christian Hoover, with Emily Allen, fathered Ivy. We found this research to be very complex, because of all the erased documents, and cover-ups.

The tombstones of the Hoovers and the Allen’s in McComb, MS were side by side. Such a practice of having slaves buried close and adjacent to the master's family is an uncommon situation. This was seldom seen or discovered in the history by genealogists. Normally the slave owner’s cemetery plots are distantly separated from their slave's graves. This unique arrangement was seen as an important highlight of the trip to the Hoover plantation in Mississippi, and added excitement to my work as a genealogist and historian.

I had the privilege of reviewing the census records, wills, vital statistics, reports, and news articles researched by the author. I found the documents clearly understandable in finding the connection of her newfound white cousin. It appears that these two families do have ties together. Conspicuously however, there were no documented records showing how J. Edgar Hoover, a powerful man and Director of the FBI, was a part of the white family he claimed. The oral history spoken to a ten (10) year old girl growing up in McComb, MS, seems to fit. The Oral History was accurate and matched Big Daddy’s stories told to the author of what she would find in the future. The lack of documented birth or death records that were found showed similar roadblocks for the white Hoover family. They were searching for J. Edgar Hoover’s roots to substantiate his claim of relations to the Washington, DC, family. Although some records were found smudged, which was very suspicious.

I recommend this book to historians and families that are looking for family roots. I found this work educational, and inspiring, and hope it will encourage many to find their roots, as it will help America heal its wounds.

- Lucius A. Bowser, Genealogist and Historian, AAHGS, New Jersey