01734cam a2200349 i 4500 263859698 TxAuBib 20160531120000.0 130725s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476752990 hardcover $18.00 1476752990 hardcover $18.00 TxAuBib rda Haygood, Wil,. The butler : a witness to history / Wil Haygood. 1st 37 Ink/Atrica Books hardcover ed. New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2013. xii, 96 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 79). 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. 20160531. Allen, Eugene. Obama, Barack. Butlers United States Biography. African Americans Biography. African Americans Segregation History 20th century. United States Race relations Political aspects. Presidents United States Election 2008. Butler (Motion picture.)