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'What's Done in the Dark' to
be screened and author to speak at USU for Black History
Month
February 22, 2007 | Millie McGhee-Morris, a nationally
known author and playwright, is stopping in Logan during
her cross-country tour for Black History Month.
After 10 years of genealogical research with the LDS
Family History Library, she wrote a book and produced
a film about her research, a two-hour documentary called
What's Done in the Dark. It's the story of
Millie as a young girl who grew up hiding a secret to
save her family from death. This family secret crippled
her emotionally into adulthood.
The film documents her journey into history to verify
her blood relationship to late FBI Director John Edgar
Hoover; the secret could have destroyed his powerful
regime. In the course of her research and therapy, Millie
found family, hope, forgiveness and healing that only
comes from knowing who you are.
Millie McGhee-Morris was illiterate until age 47.
Today, she is a best-selling author and successful speaker.
She grew up in the small plantation town of McComb,
Miss., and was raised in abject poverty. As she matured
she went on a personal mission to re-educate herself.
She hired a personal tutor, attended city colleges,
went to seminars and took classes in private schools.
She went on to teach elementary school in the private
sector for 12 years. Now she travels the country motivating
children to learn to read.
What's Done in the Dark will be screened
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
She will answer questions afterward.
To view the movie trailer visit: http://whatsdoneinthedarkmovie.com/index.html
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