· Editor’s note: This article was first published on Medium in 2021, updated on April 25, 2023, and reposted here with revisions… 2/16/2025 Sam Cooke, CNN article link, and HuffPost link, Sidney Poitier added. 2/6/25, links for Cab Calloway images… 2/12/25…Rissi Palmer’s music and an interview video were added at the end of the sources […]