

"One quiet voice can ignite a revolution."
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Cecil Gaines

Gloria Gaines

Louis Gaines

Richard Nixon

Nancy Reagan

Carter Wilson

Hattie Pearl

Howard

James Holloway

Cecil Gaines (15)

Cecil Gaines (8)

John F. Kennedy

Thomas Westfall

Annabeth Westfall

Ronald Reagan

Lyndon B. Johnson

Dwight Eisenhower

Carol Hammie

Earl Gaines

Freddie Fallows

Martin Luther King Jr.

Senator Kassebaum

Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Jackie Kennedy

Gina

Eldridge Huggins

Lorraine

Rev. James Lawson

Maynard

Abraham
Mr. Jenkins
R.D. Warner

Charlie Gaines (10)

White Usher

Elroy
Sherman Adams

Herbert Brownell

Olivia

Woolworth Diner Patron #1
Woolworth Diner Patron #2
Caroline Kennedy
Freedom Bus Journalist

Freedom Bus Rider
Helen Holloway

Malcolm X Goer
Pastor
John Ehrlichman

Bob Haldeman

Senator Robertson
Admiral Rochon

Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Foxy (uncredited)
