Raised in abject poverty in McComb, Mississippi, Millie LePearl McGhee spent her adult life reflecting on the frightening tale her grandfather had told her as a child - a family secret she was instructed to forget and reveal to no one - for fear her family may be in danger.

Told the story at the impressionable age of ten, Millie put this secret out of her mind, as instructed, but in doing so lost ALL of her childhood memories. It wasn't until her adulthood, and after receiving extensive therapy that her memories and "the secret" resurfaced. For six long years she would be on a mission to discover if "the secret" was only a family tale, or a despicable fact.

After years of exhaustive research - hiring a professional genealogist in Salt Lake City, delving into the national archives, and scouring family records - Millie discovered that what her grand-daddy had told her years before, was not a family tale at all, but appeared to be an alarming truth. Had the government's most powerful law enforcement officer - a crucifier of Dr. Martin Luther King and the black community - gone through life passing for white? Was this racist really her blood relative?

Armed with this shocking revelation, and strong evidence, Millie sat down to document her findings. With God's guidance and spiritual enlightenment she has written a vivid and compelling story - a story that will tug at your heart strings, yet instill a sense of disbelief at the very thought of this powerful lawman going through life, hiding under a veil of secrecy, while persecuting his own race.

"SECRETS UNCOVERED - J. Edgar Hoover-- Passing for White?" is full of warmth and love and gut-wrenching truths. Saddled with boundless obstacles, and filled with an insatiable appetite for knowledge, Millie McGhee gives readers a mind's eye view of a child determined to grow beyond those troubled times. Readers will come to a new understanding of the unusual practices that slaves and their owners accepted as commonplace, a premise by which the parents of J. Edgar Hoover took full advantage. You will walk with this curious litle girl, as she asks some hard questions; Who is this powerful man so far away who has shaken my family with fear? Is this man so ashamed of his race he would spend his life passing for white? How has our race offended him?

At age eighteen, and nearly illiterate, Millie moved to California with a relative. Her life took on new meaning after she met a gentle man who took her under his wing. Johnnie L. Cochran, Sr. became her Godfather, and mentored her to believe in herself, and believe that she could accomplish anything.

Millie went on to attain a formal education and began to develop a profound appreciation for the literary arts. She decided to share her joy, earning a teacher's certificate, and for nine years worked as a teacher in the Los Angeles school system. Her incredible method of teaching and success with children earned her recognition as one of the leading educators in California. She was decorated by the late Mayor Tom Bradley, the Urban League, the NAACP, and countless others within local, state and national government and national organizations.

Millie always shared with students her joy of reading, and the endless opportunities that books and a formal education could deliver for them. Her tireless efforts and establishment of a scholarship fund, have both encouraged and helped thousands of students, of all races, to go on to promising education's and careers. The proceeds from "SECRETS UNCOVERED - J. Edgar Hoover-- Passing for White?" will go on to further her efforts, and help hundreds more, in the years to come.

Millie McGhee's new book released on June 19, 2000, and without a doubt her findings will change the face of American History.