His search led him to eighty-nine-year-old Eugene Allen.īorn some five decades after the end of slavery, Allen grew up working in a white family's kitchen. He wanted to find a black man or woman who'd worked in the White House. Haygood decided to find someone for whom all the historical events of the past sixty years had meant something. In the middle of 2008, long before Democratic candidates for office were decided, Wil Haygood says that he "knew" Barack Obama would be the next president - which got him thinking. In "The Butler: A Witness to History" by Wil Haygood, you'll read about Allen's history-making job. Over the course of thirty-four years, he worked for eight of the most powerful men in the free world. Yes, your boss is powerful - but Eugene Allen had you beat. She knows people, knows when to act and when to be patient, and how to get the best from her employees. When things need doing, he makes sure they're done.
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