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LouisArmstrong


(1901-1971)

Musician/Trumpeter/Among most influential in Jazz/Nickname: Satchmo/NYC Native


“Seems to me, it ain’t the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret.”


Watch and Listen to Louis Armstrong in this BBC Special

Earlier Event: February 7
Ida B. Wells
Later Event: February 9
Marie Van Brittan Brown