The butler : a witness to history
Haygood, Wil2018
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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.
Main title:
The butler : a witness to history / Wil Haygood.
Author:
Haygood, Wil, author
Imprint:
New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2018.
Collation:
xii, 112 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 19 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Atria, 2013.Film tie-in.
ISBN:
9781501195600 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
973.92092B ALL
Language:
English
Subject:
Allen, Eugene, 1919-2010Butlers -- United States -- BiographyAfrican American household employees -- United States -- BiographyCivil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989United States -- History -- 1945-Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
1857284