04929cam a2200745 i 4500 18410871 BJBSDDR 20231031161746.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 141218s2013 nyuaf b 000 0beng d 2014430509 GBB372079 bnb 016473064 Uk 9781476752990 1476752990 9781476753270 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn853758519 OCO eng OCO rda OCP OCLCQ AZT YDXCP UPZ EYP ILC CPL KMS GO4 LMR QJA MIR CHVBK UKMGB OCLCO B@L FO7 NJR OCLCO NJR OCLCO FDA DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- 002 E 840.8 H419b 2013 973.92092 Haygood, Wil, 1954- 30684 The butler : a witness to history / Wil Haygood. Witness to history First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2013. xii, 96 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "The story that inspired the motion picture"--Dust jacket. Includes an essay on the history of the portrayal of African Americans in motion pictures. Includes bibliographical references (page 79). Foreword / Lee Daniels -- The butler's journey -- Moving image -- Five presidents in the struggle. 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. Allen, Eugene, 1919-2010 32743 Obama, Barack, 1961- 497 Daniels, Lee Louis, 1959- 32744 Lee Daniels' The butler. El mayordomo de la Casa Blanca (The Butler) 32745 Presidents United States Staff Biography. Butlers Washington (D.C.) Biography. African American household employees Washington (D.C.) Biography. African Americans Washington (D.C.) Biography. African Americans Segregation History 20th century. Race relations in motion pictures. African Americans in motion pictures. Presidents United States Election 2008. Presidentes Elecciones Estados Unidos 2008 3543 Mayordomos 32746 Estados Unidos Afroamericanos en el cine 29509 Relaciones raciales en el cine 32747 United States Race relations Political aspects. Estados Unidos Relaciones raciales 702 Lee Daniels' The butler. Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430509-s.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430509-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430509-b.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 5366 5366 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 0 002 E 840.8 H419b 2013 00000123389 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK