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   Aug 8, 2013 · Writer Wil Haygood had a hunch that Barack Obama would win the 2008 U.S. presidential election. To highlight the history making moment, Wil wanted to tell the story of someone who had come of age when the country was still segregated and lived to see a black man become president.

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   The Allens were Obama supporters Ruling: Fact. Eugene and Helene both supported Barack Obama, but Helene died the day before Obama won the 2008 presidential election. The couple had been...

4. www.thedailybeast.com › the-butler-fact-check-how‘The Butler’ Fact Check: How True Is This True Story?

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   Almost 50 years later, Cecil wears that very tie to the White House when he goes to meet Barack Obama for the first time. Jackie Kennedy really did give Allen one of the president’s ties ...

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6. slate.com › culture › 2013The Butler movie: True story? Eugene Allen vs. Cecil Gaines ...

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   Aug 15, 2013 · The butler and Obama The film ends with Cecil returning to the White House to meet President Obama.

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   Helene Lee. . . ( m. 1943; died 2008) . Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2] was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986. [3] Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler. [4]

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   How long did Cecil Gaines work as a butler?

   • How long did the real Cecil Gaines, Eugene Allen, work as a White House butler? Mr. Allen worked for 34 years in the White House under eight presidents. He was hired in 1952 as a pantry worker and worked his way up to butler after several years. This contrasts the movie, which has Cecil starting to work as a butler immediately.

   The Butler True Story vs. Movie - Real Cecil Gaines, Gloria Gaines

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   Did Cecil Gaines call the White House?

   • The invented scene is what then prompts his wife Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey) to emphatically state, "The White House call him, he didn't call the White House," in a moment of fiction. How long did the real Cecil Gaines, Eugene Allen, work as a White House butler? Mr. Allen worked for 34 years in the White House under eight presidents.

   The Butler True Story vs. Movie - Real Cecil Gaines, Gloria Gaines

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   Is Cecil Gaines a real person?

   • Daniels’ film replaces the real Eugene Allen with the fictional Cecil Gaines, using the unique perspective of a White House butler as a jumping-off point to explore questions of race in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The result is a largely fictional film, rather than a biopic.

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   Who is Cecil Gaines in 'precious'?

   • The new film from the director of Precious reimagines Allen as butler Cecil Gaines, who witnesses the occupants of the Oval Office making civil-rights history, even as his own son participates in the Freedom Rides, the Birmingham campaign, and the Black Panther Party.

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   Aug 18, 2013 · The new film from the director of Precious reimagines Allen as butler Cecil Gaines, who witnesses the occupants of the Oval Office making civil-rights history, even as his own son participates...

10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_ButlerThe Butler - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Gloria dies shortly before Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black president. Two months, two weeks and one day later, Cecil prepares to meet the newly inaugurated President, wearing the articles he received from Kennedy and Johnson.