01403cam a2200265 4500 214838014 TxAuBib 20130909120000.0 130909s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476752990 1476752990 TxAuBib Haygood, Wil. The butler : a witness to history / by Wil Haygood ; foreword by Lee Daniels. New York : 37 Ink/Atria Books, [2013] xii, 92 pages [32] plates of pages : illustration ; 20 cm. 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. 20130909. Allen, Eugene. Obama, Barack. United States 1st-27th Amendments. Butlers United States Biography. African Americans Segregation History 20th century. Presidents United States Election 2008.