As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at
the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major
events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
You know how when you’re in a car and it’s pouring down rain, you go
under a bridge and everything stops; everything goes silent and it’s
almost peaceful. Then you finally get from under the bridge, and
everything hits you a little harder than before.