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  • Mr. Entertainment
    Sammy Davis, Jr.
    / Encounters with racism and drive to entertain

    …recount in his 1965 autobiography, Yes I Can, such experiences only fueled his performances and his desire to please his audiences, in the hope of “neutralizing” their prejudice and hatred. He wrote, “My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way…

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    …recount in his 1965 autobiography, Yes I Can, such experiences only fueled his performances and his desire to please his audiences, in the hope of “neutralizing” their prejudice and hatred. He wrote, “My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way…

    Read More