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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average… — Sammy Davis, Jr.

Autobiography and memoir

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

Sammy Davis, Jr.
1965
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Topic
Black experienceRacism
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Time
1965
Person
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Davis, Sammy, Jr. Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965, pt. 3, ch. 23.

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