I suspect the father he writes about in the book is not the father that is on his birth certificate and that is why he keeps it hidden.
My theory as well. Frank Marshall Davis is my guess.
11 posted on 09/13/2009 12:24:22 PM PDT by LostInBayport
(Shiny, pre-printed, mass-produced signs in the Obama font at town halls do not scream 'grass roots')