Sammy and Dino - Part Seven

This episode is almost all about sammy and the years that could be considered to constitute the peak of his fame, 19 59 through the late sixties. There was a lot of triumph for Sammy during this time: Hit movies, hit records, a broadway smash, a best selling book, marriage with children. He couldn't do that because his financial situation never stabilized the way deans did. And he couldn't do it because his racial identity, unlike dean's, continued to cause conflict. In fact, as the culture changed in the 19 sixties and the civil rights movement grew, sammy davis junior found the question of what he represented and to whom to be more fraught than