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Reviewed on May 1, 1986
Parker, the son of a black sharecrop per, grew up in East Texas during the 1930s. In the early 1940s, following a brief stint in the army, he came to Washington, D.C., where he worked as chauffeur and messenger for Lyndon Johnson and then, for 13 years, as headwaiter in the Senate dining room. This account of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More