01473cam a2200289 4500 144391983 TxAuBib 20130912120000.0 130725s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476752990 Hardcover $18.00 1476752990 Hardcover $18.00 TxAuBib Haygood, Wil,. The Butler : A Witness To History. 1st ed. New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2013. xii, 96 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 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. 20130912. Allen, Eugene. United States Race relations Political aspects. Butlers United States Biography. African Americans Biography. African Americans Segregation History 20th century. Presidents United States Election 2008. Obama, Barack.