The Butler was based on the life of Eugene Allen, who was anot African American man who went to serve a a butler for initially one term in the white house, …show more content…
The movie also ran the issue on rebels on the white American people. Cecil 's older son Louis become rebellious and is told to stay out of trouble with the police. However, he is involved in a sit in at a diner located in Fisk University, a historically black college that was located in Tennessee. The during that period featured a majority of white people in the state and a minority or black people. In Tennessee, they were heavily enforcing the segregation in fountains, diners,etc... As he got old he joins the black panther movement which in time is another major era. The black panther movement, was a former of an extremist party that believe in gaining civil liberties by defending themselves from people who would try to kill them. It was initally started by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale . "They wouldpracticed militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs" (baggins,