I'm not a civil rights leader. I'm just Louis Armstrong.
Jazz trumpeter
Reported in interviews, downplaying his role in the civil rights movement despite his outspokenness in 1957
Post-1957
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"I still remember the first time I heard the word 'nigger'. I was seven years old. A white man called me that. I didn't know what it meant, but I knew it was bad."
Controversial"I never hurt a soul, I never stole a dime, I never lied to a woman. That's my life."
Controversial"To me, jazz is a way of life, not just music."
Controversial"Every time I close my eyes, I see my trumpet."
Controversial"I'm a musician. I don't know nothing about politics."
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