2 chapters across the catalog
The hosts discuss the long-standing rumors that former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was a Black man passing for white. Millie McGee, author of "Secrets Uncovered," shares her research into Hoover's lineage and his alleged "special underground railroad" to Washington D.C. The discussion characterizes Hoover as a "race traitor" who overcompensated for his secret by persecuting Black leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.
A segment from the Tony Brown Journal explores the theory that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had Black ancestry and was "passing for white." Author Millie McGee claims her research into her family lineage in Mississippi suggests Hoover was her cousin. The hosts discuss the possibility that Hoover's intense hatred for Black leaders like MLK and Marcus Garvey stemmed from self-hatred and a desire to hide his own origins.
