There was different ethnic groups here in this part of Tennessee where I was. And they...
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Howard Armstrong:
There was different ethnic groups here in this part of Tennessee where I was. And they had, of course, Jim Crow discriminatory practices and what not. We weren't supposed to cross over the line; but, bein' little kids then, we did. I played with the little Italians, the little Hungarians, the little Polish kids, you know. Well, I was a speakin' better Italian, grammatically, than I was English. And so, when I first came to Chicago in the 30s, it served me in good stead. Mine was the only black group that go among these different ethnic groups, because, I could make out in speakin' the language and also playin' the type of music most them liked.
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There were different ethnic groups here in this part of Tennessee where I was
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And they had of course Jim Crow the discriminatory practices and whatnot
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We weren't supposed to cross over the line but bein'little ol'kids and things we did
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I played with the little Italians the little Hungarians
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The little Polish kids you know
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Well I was speakin'better Italian grammatically than I was English
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And so when I first came to Chicago in the '30s
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It served me in good stead
Clip duration: 35 seconds
Views: 106
Timestamp in movie: 00h 28m 45s
Uploaded: 05 April, 2022
Genres: documentary, music
Summary: About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
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