White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration), 1/20/1969-8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969-8/9/1974. President Richard Nixon and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the Oval Office.

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White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration), 1/20/1969-8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969-8/9/1974. President Richard Nixon and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the Oval Office.

7/1/1971

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Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss the administration's program to control drug abuse. President Nixon also commissioned Mr. Davis a member of the National Advisory Board of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)

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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...