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* Haygood, Wil. In Black and White: the Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 528p. illus. index. Knopf, $26.95 (0-375-40354-X). 792.7.
Sammy Davis Jr. never went to school. His show business career began at age 5, with the will Mastin Trio, and lasted until his death at 64. Davis' life story is all about the American Dream (he called his autobiography Yes, I Can!), but as Haygood tells it in this remarkably rich biography, it is dream mixed with nightmare, illusion with reality, the story of a black man "with his face pressed against the white world." Did Davis want to be white? Haygood tackles this politically charged question straight on, delivering answers as complex as the history of race relations. Davis, Haygood argues, knew no world beyond the footlights; he created himself in the image of Hollywood stardom, and yes, that image was unquestionably white: Bogart, Cagney, Cooper (all of whom Davis would ...
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