Wil Haygood (Get this book)A distinguished Washington Post journalist's account of the black White House butler who bore witness to eight presidential administrations. From his unique vantage point "in the hard shadow of power," Allen witnessed history unfurl before him. The book is brief, but the two sections and many images of Allen's quietly extraordinary life speak volumes about a nation struggling, and succeeding by degrees, to come to terms with an ignominious history of racial inequality. Poignant and powerful.--Kirkus
