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Sammy Davis Jr — Part 1
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show was scheduled in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of tne US >"
Supreme Court's 1954 decision on school desegregation.- Davis was in ;
cnarge of a working committee in,New York for the show.
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W4-O-A, Washington Capital News Service
° 2/23/6 :
SI 61-3176-A Washington Capital News 2:
(Ly Service 3/27/64 *
On 8/3/64, a source, who had furnished reliable information
in the past (source not clear-probabl , advised that on
7/27/64, Sammy Davis, Jr., who was appearing in the stage production
“Golden Boy" at the Schubert Theatre, Boston, Mass., was interviewed
aa by a member of the news staff of WHDH, T.V., Boston, concerning the
el racial riots in Harlem and Rochester, NY. Davis indicated that it
ae was his belief that the outside forces, the Nationalists and some of
the communists, were the true provocators. Davis indicated that by —
the term "Nationalists", he meant Black Muslims,
Above Informant advised
view,
Temple » Dorchester, Mass., requested an opportunity to reply to
Davis' statement and was subsequently interviewed on 7/28/64.
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