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Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era
By Jacobson, Matthew Frye
- ISBN
- 9781696617314
- Publisher
- Highbridge Audio
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Reviewed on April 4, 2025 | Audio
Yale University historian Jacobson (Roots Too; The Historian's Eye) offers an in-depth examination of the life of the Black entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–90) against the backdrop of racial politics, the Hollywood film industry, and the fight for civil rights. Davis's remarkable career encompassed everything from on-stage vaudeville performances and Vegas shows to network TV; he was part of the Rat Pack in the late 1950s and 1960s and a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
