Butler: A Witness to History
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781476752990
Category
Biographies
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Publication Year
2013
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Description
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. The book also includes an essay that explores the history of black images on celluloid and in Hollywood. Allen's life is now portrayed in a major motion picture directed by Lee Daniels
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