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First thing about blackface is {\an8}we have to understandthat it comes out of minstrelsy

Name: First thing about blackface is {\an8}we have to understandthat it comes out of minstrelsy
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T09:48:36+00:00
Duration: 6 s
Description: First thing about blackface is {\an8}we have to understandthat it comes out of minstrelsy - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. First thing about blackface is {\an8}we have to understand that it comes out of minstrelsy

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

First thing about blackface is {\an8}we have to understand
that it comes out of minstrelsy

Full Transcript

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First thing about blackface is

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{\an8}we have to understand that it comes out of minstrelsy.

Duration

6 seconds

Views

31

Timestamp in Movie

01:14:30

Uploaded

Apr 30, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography, music

Production

Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.

${\an8}Minstrelsy was not invented to elevate Negroes. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}Minstrelsy was not invented to elevate Negroes.

${\an8}Minstrelsy was invented to get jobs for white guys who were imitating Negroes. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}Minstrelsy was invented to get jobs for white guys who...

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Now, what it became, ironically,

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All they're seeing is a blackface minstrel,

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You had a lot of traditions and things that you had

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And then, during the movement, we threw all of that stuff ou...

${\an8}"And after the funeral, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:09
{\an8}"And after the funeral,

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'What do you want to do?'

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'You mean... like Louis Armstrong?'

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'No, I'm not talking about none of that old-time, ...

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Not your own life and certainly not your own pride,

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Your colour don't mean shit to me if you're a dumb...

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Right, so, are you a man or mouse? It's up to you.

${\an8}A lot of young people resented the way - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}A lot of young people resented the way

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If you coming up in the '50s and '60s,

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And they didn't understand Louis because Louis was alwa...

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♪ Keeps that Georgia on my mind

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But when you do it in front of white folks

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♪ Oh, you can bend her legs Bend her arms and bathe her too...

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And every fucking nationality comedian stays right in this c...