num_pages: 528
description: Traces the iconic entertainer's entry into the vaudeville circuit at the age of six, his survival of the Depression, his nightclub appearances in the 1930s, and his achievements on Broadway, in Hollywood, and in Las Vegas in the face of pre-Civil Rights race tensions. Reprint.
language: English
title: In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr
titlecomplete: In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr
genres: Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Music, Biography
ratings_count: 159
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Billboard Books