Sammy Davis was born inhr m. He started playing the vaudeville circuit as a three year old with his uncle will maston and his dad, sammy davis senior. The three of them travelled jim crow america, performing for white audiences in one hotel, then sleeping on the other side of the tracks in a colored hotel. During the second world war, when he was afted into the army,. His nose was broken so many times in fights that it's flat for the rest of his life. Sammy’s answer to never letting anyone do this to him again wasn't to fight, like malcolm x wanted black people to do. But rather move