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It was stopping everything, and he just had to get off the float,you know

Name: It was stopping everything, and he just had to get off the float,you know
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T08:25:20+00:00
Duration: 5 s
Description: It was stopping everything, and he just had to get off the float,you know - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. It was stopping everything, and he just had to get off the float, you know

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

It was stopping everything, and he just had to get off the float,
you know

Full Transcript

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It was stopping everything,

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and he just had to get off the float, you know.

Duration

5 seconds

Views

57

Timestamp in Movie

01:13:46

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.

${\an8}Rex was the biggest parade of all the white parades. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}Rex was the biggest parade of all the white parades.

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But Zulu was like the height of everything.

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So, for Pops, he wanted to be the king of Zulu his entire li...

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The king of Zulu would dress up in blackface.

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So Louis Armstrong did it, and it became, you know, a crime.

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…'cause what's going on now with all these marches...

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First thing about blackface is

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