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050			_aPN 2287.D322 _b.H331 2003
100			_aHaygood, Wil. _9110169
245		0	_aIn black and white : _bthe life of Sammy Davis, Jr. / _cWil Haygood.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _cc2003.
300			_a516 p. : _bill. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [487]-499) and index.
520			_a he marched with Martin Luther King while, notoriously, cozying up to President Nixon and conducting numerous affairs with white women. Above all, he made his name as a vaudevillian entertainer by arguably accepting the role of honorary white man. This is the definitive portrait of the Rat Pack's most interesting and maverick member."www.alibris.com".
520			_aSammy Davis, Jr was one of the most recognisable showbiz entertainers of the twentieth century: dancer, singer, hyperactive cabaret performer, film star and hard-drinking, high-living bad-boy member of Las Vegas's legendary Rat Pack along with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford. But his story was also one of contradiction and compromise: a black man trying to make his name as a star during a time of racial prejudice and even segregation, Sammy Davis, Jr never came to terms with the complexities of his situation. He endured patronising humiliation from his fellow Rat Pack members
650			_aAfrican American entertainers _9108382
650			_aEntertainers _zUnited States _997862
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