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Oct 2021
59m 49s

Sammy and Dino Episode 1: The Hustle

Karina Longworth
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Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin would become icons for how immigrants and people of color could access the American Dream in the 20th Century. Both grew up in marginalized communities where they learned an ethos of success based on hustle. Today we’ll track both Dean and Sammy to major coming-of-age moments in the middle of World War II. Coming up in industr ... Show More
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