The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. put the Academy Awards in a tricky position.
The 1968 ceremony was shaping up to be one of the most diverse Oscars to date, with two African-American nominees (Quincy Jones and Beah Richards), two best picture nominees that centered on race (<em>In the Heat of the Night </em>and<em> Guess Who's Coming to Dinner</em>) and four black artists (Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll) slated to perform. But the show was scheduled for April 8, the night before King's funeral.
The day after the killing, Davis declared on <em>The Tonight Show</em> that ...
The 1968 ceremony was shaping up to be one of the most diverse Oscars to date, with two African-American nominees (Quincy Jones and Beah Richards), two best picture nominees that centered on race (<em>In the Heat of the Night </em>and<em> Guess Who's Coming to Dinner</em>) and four black artists (Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll) slated to perform. But the show was scheduled for April 8, the night before King's funeral.
The day after the killing, Davis declared on <em>The Tonight Show</em> that ...
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