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"The way they are treating my people in the South, the…" — Louis Armstrong

c. 1957(Approximate date)· Louis Armstrong (speaker)

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell.
Speaker
Louis Armstrong
Occasion
Interview with Larry Lubenow, Grand Forks Herald (September 18, 1957)

Louis Armstrong's furious response to Gov. Faubus blocking the Little Rock Nine — for which he cancelled a State Department tour of the USSR.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.louisarmstronghouse.orgwebsite
  2. 2.dippermouth.blogspot.comwebsite
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