The Resource The butler : a witness to history, Wil Haygood
The butler : a witness to history, Wil Haygood
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- Summary
- 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 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 96 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- "The story that inspired the motion picture"--Dust jacket
- Includes an essay on the history of the portrayal of African Americans in motion pictures
- Contents
-
- Foreword / Lee Daniels
- The butler's journey
- Moving image
- Five presidents in the struggle
- Isbn
- 9781476752990
- Label
- The butler : a witness to history
- Title
- The butler
- Title remainder
- a witness to history
- Statement of responsibility
- Wil Haygood
- Title variation
- Witness to history
- Subject
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- trueUnited States -- Race relations | Political aspects
- trueHousehold employees -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueMovie tie-ins
- Obama, Barack
- truePresidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
- trueRace relations
- Race relations in motion pictures
- trueRacism
- United States -- Race relations | Political aspects
- trueWhite House, Washington, D.C
- African American household employees -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans -- Segregation | History -- 20th century
- African Americans in motion pictures
- trueAllen, Eugene, 1919-2010
- Allen, Eugene, 1919-2010
- trueBiographies
- trueButlers -- Biography
- Butlers -- United States -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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
- Summary
- Details the life of Eugene Allen, an African American White House butler who watched some of the most important events in America's history firsthand as he served eight presidents
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10220454
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Lee Daniels' the butler (Motion picture)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haygood, Wil
- Dewey number
- 973.92092 A425Zh 2013
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E176.47.A45
- LC item number
- H39 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Allen, Eugene
- Obama, Barack
- Presidents
- Butlers
- African American household employees
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Race relations in motion pictures
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Presidents
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a witness to history
- Label
- The butler : a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Note
-
- "The story that inspired the motion picture"--Dust jacket
- Includes an essay on the history of the portrayal of African Americans in motion pictures
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 79)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / Lee Daniels -- The butler's journey -- Moving image -- Five presidents in the struggle
- Control code
- 21036140
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 96 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476752990
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781476752990
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn853758519
- (OCoLC)853758519
- Label
- The butler : a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Note
-
- "The story that inspired the motion picture"--Dust jacket
- Includes an essay on the history of the portrayal of African Americans in motion pictures
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 79)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / Lee Daniels -- The butler's journey -- Moving image -- Five presidents in the struggle
- Control code
- 21036140
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 96 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476752990
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781476752990
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn853758519
- (OCoLC)853758519
Subject
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | Political aspects
- trueHousehold employees -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueMovie tie-ins
- Obama, Barack
- truePresidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
- trueRace relations
- Race relations in motion pictures
- trueRacism
- United States -- Race relations | Political aspects
- trueWhite House, Washington, D.C
- African American household employees -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans -- Segregation | History -- 20th century
- African Americans in motion pictures
- trueAllen, Eugene, 1919-2010
- Allen, Eugene, 1919-2010
- trueBiographies
- trueButlers -- Biography
- Butlers -- United States -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
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