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Armstrong as Jazz Ambassador and Civil Rights Symbol
The piece outlines Louis Armstrong's role as a Jazz Ambassador who promoted American democracy worldwide while facing domestic racial inequality. It notes his 1950s world tours, the 1957 Little Rock crisis and his outspoken stance toward Eisenhower, the Real Ambassadors project with Brubeck, and lasting praise from Lester Bowie for Armstrong’s quiet revolutionary impact.
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Sammy Davis Jr
Satchmo
Uncle Tom
Armstrong
Joe Glaser
al Capone
Satch
Dwight Eisenhower
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Dave Brubeck
Louis Armstrong
America
U.S. State Department
U.S
Arkansas
Russia
State Department
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Central High School
FBI
Thomas “Fats” Waller
Brubeck
The
Brubecks
Lester Bowie
Gary Giddins
PBS
Bowie
Jim Shearer
Regents
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Roswell Symphony Orchestra
Shearer
United States
Europe
South America
Far East
NMSA
el Paso Brass
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Nmsu