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Eugene Allen White House Butler from Truman Through Reagan

Eugene Allen White House Butler from Truman Through Reagan

Source: Michael Ricci

Eugene Allen, a White House butler who served presidents from Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 90. Allen died of renal failure Wednesday at a hospital in Takoma Park, Md., the Washington Post reported. Allen, who was black, started at the White House in 1952, when racial segregation prohibited him from using public restrooms in his native state of Virginia. When he left the White House in 1986 after 34 years, he had witnessed defining moments ...

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