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American Masters (1986)

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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me

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Air Date:

2025-12-06

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

1986

End Date

2025

Episode Description

Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale. And yet, his life was complex, complicated and contradictory. Davis strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice and shifting political territory.

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