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   J. Edgar Hoover

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2. www.essence.com › news › genealogy-records-mayWas J. Edgar Hoover Black? | Essence

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   Oct 28, 2020 · Nearly 40 years after the death of founding FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, research may reveal that the crime fighting bureau chief was actually African-American according to “The...

3. www.geni.com › people › J-Edgar-Hoover-1st-DirectorJohn Edgar Hoover (1895 - 1972) - Genealogy - Geni.com

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   Sep 27, 2022 · J. Edgar Hoover was born on New Year's Day 1895 in Washington, D.C., to Anna Marie (née Scheitlin; 1860–1938), who was descended from a line of Swiss mercenaries, and Dickerson Naylor Hoover, Sr. (1856–1921), of English and German ancestry.

   • Location: Washington, District of Columbia
   • Birth Date: January 1, 1895

   • Place Of Birth: District of Columbia
   • Death Date: May 2, 1972

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5. www.washingtonpost.com › blogs › therootdcWas J. Edgar Hoover black? - The Washington Post

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   Nov 22, 2011 · Author Anthony Summers, in his 1993 book Official and Confidential, said that he found that in some black communities in the East, it was generally believed Edgar had black roots and was even...

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   John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.

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   Sep 6, 2015 · There is some dispute as to whether J. Edgar’s father had black ancestry, although it appears that no black ancestors have been explicitly and verifiably identified for J. Edgar’s father. J. Edgar’s paternal grandfather was John Thomas Hoover (the son of William Hoover and Elizabeth Ann Huff/Hough). J.

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     J. Edgar Hoover's Family Tree and the Truth About His Alleged Black Ancestry

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     2000 SPECIAL REPORT: "WAS J. EDGAR HOOVER A PASSING BLACK MAN"????

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     The complicated truth about J. Edgar Hoover

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9. www.theglobeandmail.com › arts › is-it-true-hooverIs it true Hoover 'passed' for white? - The Globe and Mail

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   Aug 14, 2000 · Another Hoover biographer, Curt Gentry, says he came across nothing about Hoover's black ancestry in preparing his 1991 book, J. Edgar Hoover, The Man and His Secrets.

10. www.theroot.com › was-j-edgar-hoover-black-1790867069Was J. Edgar Hoover Black? - The Root

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    Nov 26, 2011 · Barbara Reynolds. Published November 26, 2011. In her column at The Root DC, author and minister Barbara A. Reynolds explores a rumor that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover passed for white. She...