AdvertisementSammy Davis Jr. In Black & White36:19Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2003/11/14/sammy-davis-jr-in-black-white"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumeNovember 14, 2003facebookEmailSammy Davis Jr. grew up on the vaudeville stage and lived the highs and lows of a perpetual performer. A new biography cuts through the shuck and jive to reveal a lone black man making good in Eisenhower's America.Guests:Wil Haygood, writer for the Washington Post and author of "In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr." and "King of the Cats: The Life and Death of Adam Clayton Powell"This program aired on November 14, 2003.