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100 1  Haygood, Wil,|eauthor. 
245 14 The butler :|ba witness to history /|cWil Haygood. 
250    First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|b37 Ink/Atria,|c2013. 
300    xii, 96 pages, [32] pages of plates :|billustrations (some
       color) ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "The story that inspired the motion picture"--Dust jacket.
500    Includes an essay on the history of the portrayal of 
       African Americans in motion pictures. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 79). 
505 0  Foreword / Lee Daniels -- The butler's journey -- Moving 
       image -- Five presidents in the struggle. 
520    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.During his thirty-four years of 
       service, Allen became what the Independent described as a 
       "discreet stagehand who for three decades helped keep the 
       show running in the most important political theatre of 
       all." While serving tea and supervising buffets, Allen was
       also a witness to history as decisions about America's 
       most momentous events were being made. Here he is at the 
       White House while Kennedy contemplates the Cuban missile 
       crisis: here he is again when Kennedy's widow returns from
       that fateful day in Dallas. Here he is when Johnson and 
       his cabinet debate Vietnam, and here he is again when 
       Ronald Reagan is finally forced to get tough on apartheid.
       Perhaps hitting closest to home was the civil rights 
       legislation that was developed, often with passions 
       flaring, right in front of his eyes even as his own 
       community of neighbors, friends, and family were 
       contending with Jim Crow America. With a foreword by the 
       Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels, The Butler 
       also includes an essay, in the vein of James Baldwin's 
       jewel The Devil Finds Work, that explores the story of 
       black images on celluloid and in Hollywood, and fifty-
       seven pictures of Eugene Allen, his family, the presidents
       he served, and the remarkable cast of the movie. 
600 10 Allen, Eugene. 
600 10 Obama, Barack. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xStaff|vBiography. 
650  0 Butlers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 African American household employees|vBiography. 
650  0 African Americans|vBiography. 
650  0 African Americans|xSegregation|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Race relations in motion pictures. 
650  0 African Americans in motion pictures. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xElection|y2008. 
651  0 United States|xRace relations|xPolitical aspects. 
730 0  Lee Daniels' the butler (Motion picture) 
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