Everett Frederic Morrow (April 20, 1909 – July 19, 1994) was the first African American to hold an executive position at the White House.

[6]) In 1935, Morrow held a position as a business manager for Opportunity Magazine, a part of the National Urban League.

Two years later, he became a field secretary for the NAACP,[2] before joining the United States Army during World War II.

The White House Historical Association wrote of his tenure:[7] As the sole African American on a staff dealing with racial tensions related to integration, Morrow faced difficult personal and professional struggles at the White House.

The Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the Little Rock crisis were the backdrop for Morrow's White House years.

There may be outward expressions of sympathy, but each man is primarily concerned with his own survival, and there's always the possibility that another's misfortune will ease the pressure on him.In Morrow's book, he speaks of many accounts where he suffered from racism on personal and professional levels.

[12] In 1980, after retiring from Bank of America, Morrow published his last autobiography, Forty Years a Guinea Pig: A Black Man's View from the Top.