Does. You write in your brand new book i decided i would write a second book in 2008 while riding ben senator barack obama the campaign bus we made no we can stop at his home in chicago, illinois. Why did you lead with that . Part of the reason why i got into writing about American History is because the barack obama and his campaign. It brought a lot of interest in african American History with the first African American president s in the white house and i was a solid hold dash assigned to cover that i literally remember pulling up of a couple of blocks away from the town house that what book will lie right to next and literally right in the spotted hit me and i got so excited i immediately called my editor in said this is what i will do next. She could not tamped down that enthusiasm just think about it make sure you have a really good idea but i think it sounds great and it took off at that point. Cspan what was the idea . Direct story of the africanamerican slaves who actually liv
Letters at the university of texas library. They are quite something. We have to say Douglas Macarthur in the end be also to his first wife they were cool way in the 20s become not only was Douglas Macarthur great military commander and a great statesman, and any the master of erotic pros. Cspan and then somebody else got involved there was enormous conflicts of how much money was to be appropriated for the rv over questions which branch should get the support necessary. Macarthur was certain and it is a good lesson there was the question of mechanize welfare there was a question to put money into that. Cspan that he knew about the affair and he would leap dash and it would be published. How does this end up . Washington has changed. [laughter] no stories like that anymore cspan one last clip what macarthurs says after the republican convention. Our people are desperate that we will revive pope as we have the oppressive burden sec astronomically rising public debt and the wellbeing of
Why did you lead your forward with that . Jesse part of the reason why i got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember pulling up to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book will i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. She immediately tamped down my enthusiasm and told me to think about it. To make sure that i had a really good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president liv
Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first africanamerican to live there. And then the thought process went on so who were the first africanamericans to live there . We knew there were africanamerican butlers but i thought there had to be someone before them. I decided to write a book about the africanamerican slaves that lived inside the white house with the first president s and that is when the invisibles the untold story of African American slaves in the white house got its start. Brian we have an artist rendering of the first president s house in new york city. You say in your book that there were nine slaves working for George Washington inside that building. Explain h
Got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember holding up pulling to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book what i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. Down mydiately tamped enthusiasm and told me to think about it. Really sure that i had a good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Was still the country talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot h