Music

Sammy Davis Jr. Broke Barriers—Sometimes at His Own Expense

DID IT HIS WAY

In his new book “Dancing Down the Barricades,” author Matthew Frye Jacobson traces the legendary entertainer and Rat Packer’s complicated legacy with Black politics.

Theodore Hamm
Theodore Hamm
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Theodore Hamm

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