Then they go on to say things like: His name was changed, he didn't have 2 sons, he didn't look anything like Forest Whitaker, Nixon was miscast, etc. Many posters on the boards say that the movie is inaccurate. I lived through every news event that was portrayed in the movie - that is, I saw and read about them in the actual news when these things happened. I did not grow up in the South - but I did live for a year in Louisiana in the early 70's. ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wil Haygood with Ambassador Richard C.I'll start by stating that I'm a 62 year old white male.^ 'Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Wil Haygood, 2019 Nonfiction Runner-Up'.^ 'Wil Haygood – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation'.^ 'Allan Wolper Talks To Wil Haygood'.'Author Wil Haygood Talks Eugene Allen & 'The Butler' Movie'. ^ 'A Butler Well Served by this Election' by Wil Haygood, The Washington Post, November 7, 2008.^ a b c 'Author Wil Haygood will join Miami faculty for next three years'.Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World, 2021.Tigerland: 1968–1969: A City Divided, A Nation Torn Apart, And A Magical Season Of Healing, 2018.Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America, 2015 ISBN 9780307947376.Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, 2009.In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., 2003.The Haygoods of Columbus: A Family Memoir, 1997.King of Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., 1993.Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2022, Haygood was chosen as the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Ambassador Richard C. Haygood's 2018 book Tigerland: 1968–1969: A City Divided, A Nation Torn Apart, And A Magical Season Of Healing was the runner-up for the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction. Haygood is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and a professor at Miami University. At the last minute, this butler, who had served three presidents, refused to be interviewed the man's family apparently did not want his story out against the parallel story of the election of President Barack Obama. While being interviewed on the radio program Conversations with Allan Wolper on WBGO 88.3FM, Haygood revealed that he had tracked down another White House butler. Since then, Haygood has written a book about Allen, The Butler: A Witness to History. Wil Haygood (born September 19, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American journalist and author who is known for his 2008 article 'A Butler Well Served by this Election' in The Washington Post about Eugene Allen, which served as the basis for the 2013 movie The Butler.

The Butler by Wil Haygood