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ID: 5335 ~ Source: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/sammy-davis-jr-ive-gotta-be-me-filmmakers-notes-qa-with-director-sam-pollard-executive-producer-michael-kantor-and-writer-laurence-maslon/10992/ ~ Creator: PBS

This file appears in: No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Head: Spokane had its own segregated public facilities in the Jim Crow era, and the Davenport Hotel was one such business.

Sammy Davis Jr. throughout his career experienced racism. He started his career with the Will Mastin Trio before becoming a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack

This file appears in: No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Head: Spokane had its own segregated public facilities in the Jim Crow era, and the Davenport Hotel was one such business.

No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Head: Spokane had its own segregated public facilities in the Jim Crow era, and the Davenport Hotel was one such business.

By Leanne Allen

Before making his claim to fame in 1945 the up-and-coming visited Spokane Washington where he was schedule to perform at a theater. The black musician Sammy Davis Jr. was refused a room at the…