So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

Song-and-Dance-Man Sammy Davis Jr. was teeing off on the golf course ... Raised as a Roman Catholic, Davis first became seriously interested in Judaism while he was convalescing from his accident ...

As early as Feb. 1958 he spoke at Bethel AME Church in a campaign to double the number of registered Black voters and at an American Jewish Congress ... Clay), Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington ...

Sammy Davis, Jr. ascended to nationwide fame in the 1950s ... The near death experience also led him to religion, and he converted to Judaism. Davis bounced back stronger than ever.

Samuel George "Sammy" Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16 ... Later the same year, he converted to Judaism. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack movie, Ocean's 11.

Sammy Davis Jr. on set of the show ‘Poor Devil ... Hegarty mused, “Wonder what Mr. Davis will think about being a Black, Jewish, Satanic warlock!” DAVIS’ EXPERIENCE WITH Satanism ...

The Jewish studio heads were immigrants ... In the fifties, Cohn threatened a mob hit on Sammy Davis, Jr., to force him to break up with Kim Novak (another star whom Cohn harassed) and marry ...

Many Jews of color report that people often assume that they converted to Judaism as adults. Certainly, some Jews of color have – perhaps most famously, the musician Sammy Davis, Jr. A more ...

And with Jewish Americans and Black Americans providing ... In their book, the authors mention famous converts such as Sammy Davis Jr. and Nell Carter. "We were extremely intrigued by the position ...

it was Sammy Davis, Jr.’s version that became a Top 25 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1969. Lawrence had shared the song with Davis, a Black convert to Judaism. “I sent him my record ...

Like many Jewish students, she didn’t want to participate ... playing a rough-hewn Israeli in a sketch; and, of course, Sammy Davis Jr. Near the conclusion, Barbra Streisand emerged in a ...

“Jewish composers wrote the most famous Christmas ... He did a Las Vegas residency with Frank and with Sammy Davis Jr.” Smith’s usage of Sinatra’s given name suggested a sense of acquired ...