In Black and White by Wil Haygood
Sammy 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; 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.
Wil Haygood is a staff writer on the Style section of the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Haygoods of Columbus, Two on the River and a biography of the politician Adam Clayton Powell.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845131067 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845131061 |
| Title | In Black and White |
| Author | Wil Haygood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 518 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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