![]() ![]() There are pictures of Eugene Allen, his family, the presidents he served and of the movie cast at the end of the book. All he could do was stand there, frozen." ~ pg. "The father, the butler, watching history turn, could not say a word. As such, I would have preferred the original article "A Butler Well Served by This Election" to be republished. More information and stories about the man who was a fly on the White House wall would have made the book longer and more interesting. The book was mainly about the presidential administrations and the nation's events rather than the butler himself. ![]() However, the book lacked focus on this main character. 34įrom a plantation in Virginia to the most powerful home in the United States, Eugene Allen lived a grand life that was well displayed in the movie despite the fictional characters. ![]() He was, yes, the man with the tray, the medicine, the tea, the bowl of soup he was the butler who fetched the president's straw hat, the president's wingtips. "He had to take it in, decipher it, process it emotionally. In 2008, Wil Haygood found and met Eugene Allen, a remarkable man who worked as a butler in eight presidential administrations for thirty-four years, never missing a day. His goal was to interview a butler who witnessed the civil rights movement from inside the White House. On the cusp of Obama's election, Washington Post writer Wil Haygood sought to find an African American butler. ![]()
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