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SAMMY DAVIS JR TALKS ABOUT ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X - HIS THEORY AS TO WHY HE WAS ASSASSINATED AND WHY MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED - TALKS ABOUT RACIAL ISSUES WITH PERFORMERS

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Reel Summary TV SHOW, BLACK JOURNAL, WITH HOST LOU HOUSE, COVERAGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING BLACK AUDIENCE, 1970 3/29/71 Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr is interviewed this month by Black Journal’s executive producer, Tony Brown, and is seen performing at the Hilton Hotel in Hollywood In another segment, entitled “The Great Black Hope’s Fashion Show,” Black Journal goes to the recent Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight and to a post-fight party for a glance at some black celebrities spruced up for the affair in the latest fashions Celebrities include pop singer Diana Ross; Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records; comedian Bill Cosby; soul singer Aretha Franklin; composer and bandleader Count Basie; and US Rep Ron Dellums (D-California) Muhammad Ali’s voice is heard in the background delivering his recent political statements on racism, the war in Vietnam, and his problems with the draft
Description SAMMY DAVIS JR TALKS ABOUT ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X - HIS THEORY AS TO WHY HE WAS ASSASSINATED AND WHY MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED - TALKS ABOUT RACIAL ISSUES WITH PERFORMERS
Genre BLACK NEWS SHOW
Color color
Year 1971