Remembering History: Sammy Davis Jr. endured being called 'boy, 'c**n' and the N-word. But his greatest humiliation came when JFK refused to let star perform at the inauguration after he married a white woman. Sammy Davis Jr. waited until a week after the 1960 presidential election to marry Swedish actress May Britt.

Sammy Davis Jr. endured being called 'boy, 'c**n' and the N-word. But his greatest humiliation came when JFK refused to let star perform at the inauguration after he married a white woman. Sammy Davis Jr. waited until a week after the 1960 presidential election to marry Swedish actress May Britt.

Sammy Davis Jr. endured being called 'boy, 'c**n' and the N-word. But his greatest humiliation came when JFK refused to let star perform at the inauguration after he married a white woman. Sammy Davis Jr. waited until a week after the 1960 presidential election to marry Swedish actress May Britt.