Gangster Mickey Cohen gave Sammy Davis Jr. 48 hrs to stop pawging, marry black or he'd kill him.Edit:Sydney Sweeney to play Pawg Novak in movie.

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This breh, Billy Eckstine was at one point a bigger star than Frank Sinatra



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Dude wasn't even pawging, but this picture with three white female fans completely ruined his career


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wouldnt be shocked if he was that popular as you said

i cant recall the source, but i remember some story i came across about some cac keeping his girl from sammy davis. and it was a whole thing with that

i think it was a a movie so it was fictional or something. but you know, sometimes remarks and lines in movies reflect off reality or hint at something we dont know
 
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Studio Boss helps "create" Kim Novak. Finds out she's sleeping with Sammy Davis and then calls in gangster Mickey Cohen to resolve it. Sammy use to hide in the car so they wouldnt be seen in public. Once that threat came in he paid an ex 25K to get married


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Black woman he married was fine.
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:whew: Looks like he steered him in the right direction.
 

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I'm sorry but I just can't fathom and agree with them "dating and marrying white women to fight white supremacy." Think it's a blatant cop out and always been. Them dudes should have just been honest and said they want more status in the industry. There were other pressing issues for black folks at the time.
 

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Sammy Davis Jr had been touring and performing since he was 4 or 5 years old. Basically his whole life. That probably effected how he moved since he wasn't really apart of any community outside of show business.

He wasn't docile though, he used to fight cacs everyday when he was in the military and he was tiny so he took a lot of L's but kept fighting....
 
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