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Did J. Edgar Hoover have black ancestry?

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It was the word they used for people of black origin who, after generations of inbreeding, have enough white blood to pass themselves off as white. That's what was always said about Hoover.'' (Anthony Summers, Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, 1993). read more

As for John Edgar Hoover having Black ancestry, it would seem to come down to his grandmother, Cecilia Jane Naylor; or the second wife of his Hans Jerg Huber, his 4th-Great Grandfather. There appears to be no research one way or the other at this point. read more

J. Edgar Hoover was the nominal author of a number of books and articles, although it is widely believed that all of these were ghostwritten by FBI employees. Hoover received the credit and royalties. read more

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