Louis Armstrong Quote

They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched.... My life is my music. They would beat me on the mouth if I marched, and without my mouth I wouldn't be able to blow my horn.


On police violence to civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama. New York Times (March 10, 1965)


They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched.... My life is my music. They would beat me on the mouth if I marched, and without my mouth I...

They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched.... My life is my music. They would beat me on the mouth if I marched, and without my mouth I...

They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched.... My life is my music. They would beat me on the mouth if I marched, and without my mouth I...

They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched.... My life is my music. They would beat me on the mouth if I marched, and without my mouth I...