In July 1971, President Nixon (1913–1994) appointed Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990), to his National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity. Davis faced ostracism from former friends who accused him of “selling out” when he hugged Nixon at a televised youth rally during the 1972 Republican National Convention. According to Davis, a widely publicized photo of the embrace infuriated members of the black press and also some of Nixon’s supporters, who were outraged to see a black man hug the president.