Wil Haygood, author of "The Butler: A Witness to History"
Wil Haygood (http://aalbc.it/wilhaygood), talks about his biography "The Butler: A Witness to History" which tells the story of Eugene Allen who worked for eight US Presidents. Eugene Allen's story was portrayed in the popular film "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (2013) starring Forest Whitaker , Oprah Winfrey , Cuba Gooding Jr. (http://aalbc.it/thebutler2013)
This video also features Dawn Davis who is the Vice President and Publisher of "37 Ink" a new imprint of Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon & Schuster. "The Butler: A Witness to History" a NY Times best selling book was 37 Ink's first book!
The event hosted was hosted by The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College and was part of the 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival. This video was recorded by Troy Johnson of AALBC.com
This video also features Dawn Davis who is the Vice President and Publisher of "37 Ink" a new imprint of Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon & Schuster. "The Butler: A Witness to History" a NY Times best selling book was 37 Ink's first book!
The event hosted was hosted by The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College and was part of the 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival. This video was recorded by Troy Johnson of AALBC.com
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