Articles & Books
- Fields, Alonzo. My 21 Years in the White House. N.p.: Red Kestrel Books, 2019.
- Holland, Jesse. Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and Around Washington, D.C.. United States: Globe Pequot Press, 2017. [No Preview]
- Holland, Jesse. The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House. United States: Lyons Press, 2016.
- Jennings, Paul., Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling. A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. United Kingdom: St. Martin's Press, 2012.
- Lusane, Clarence. The Black History of the White House. United States: City Lights Publishers, 2013.
- Miller, Adrian. The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas. United States: University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
- Morrow, E. Frederic. Black Man in the White House. United States: Phocion Publishing, 2019.
Black Sam
- Colonial Carrot Cake, a New York Tavern and a Future President
- Tsaltas-Ottomanelli, Mary. “Colonial Cooking: Making Sam Fraunces' Carrot Cake,” Fraunces Tavern Museum.org
- Salisbury, Stephan [Inquirer Culture Writer]. “At last, honoring the burial site of 'Black Sam',” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2010.
- Samuel Fraunces – Wikipedia
Chief Usher
Angella Reid – 10th White House Chief Usher
- Brower, Kate Andersen. “In the Trump Era, Even the White House Usher Is a Possible Political Target,” Vanity Fair, May 6, 2017.
- Estepa, Jessica. “White House fires its chief usher, the first woman to hold the job,” USA Today, May 5, 2017.
- TheGrio's 100: Angella Reid, from The Ritz-Carlton to the White House as first female chief usher (theGrio.com-January 31,2012)
- Silvera, Janet. "Jamaican named White House chief usher," Jamaica Gleaner.com, October 5, 2011.
- Angella Reid – Wikipedia
Chief Usher Cont.
Admiral Stephen W. Rochon – 9th White House Chief Usher
- Fernandez, M. “Stephen Rochon (1950- ),” Blackpast.org.
- Radm. Stephen Rochon's Biography - The HistoryMakers
- Stephen W. Rochon – Wikipedia
First Ladies
- First Lady Michelle Obama – The White House
- "How black designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress was snubbed by bride and press,” – South China Morning Post, September 1, 2019.
- “Jackie Kennedy’s wedding is still talked about today. But the African American designer who made her dress continues to be written out of the story.” – The Lily
- Major, Gerri. “Dean of American Designers,” Ebony, December 1966, Vol. XXII, No.2, p.136 - 142
- Michelle Obama Fast Facts – CNN
- Michelle Obama - First Lady - Michelle Obama | C-SPAN First Ladies Influence & Image
- Keckley, Elizabeth. Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. United States: G.W. Carleton & Company, 1868.
Guest
Videos
- Mario Batali prepares for final Obama state dinner
- The Influence of African American Chefs in the White House
- President Obama Grilling with Bobby Flay
- The White House: Inside Story | History of African Americans in White House | PBS
Websites