{"id":242203,"date":"2010-01-28T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/mu\/forum\/?p=6177"},"modified":"2010-01-28T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:25:49","slug":"louis-armstrong-house-museum-celebrates-armstrong-as-civil-rights-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/242203","title":{"rendered":"Louis Armstrong House Museum Celebrates Armstrong As Civil Rights Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Presentations and House Tours in Honor of Black History Month –<\/em><\/p>\n

WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Every Saturday this February at 2 pm, the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) will celebrate the contributions of jazz great LouisArmstrong to the Civil Rights Movement with house tours and presentations.<\/p>\n

Louis Armstrong was one of the world\u2019s greatest entertainers. He was loved and revered internationally as the father of jazz. He was a genius trumpeter and singer, a goodwill ambassador, charismatic movie star, prolific writer, and talented collage artist. But he was rarely viewed as a civil rights pioneer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In honor of Black History Month, the Louis Armstrong House Museum staff offers weekly family-friendly presentations on the life and legacy of Louis Armstrong, including a look at the many barriers Armstrong broke during his remarkable fifty-year career. The presentations explore Armstrong\u2019s controversial response to the Little Rock Nine school desegregation crisis in 1957: refusing to go on a State Department-sponsored tour to the Soviet Union. View the FBI file that carefully tracked Armstrong\u2019s whereabouts after his public call for change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A guided tour of the Armstrong House will follow each presentation.<\/p>\n

Reservations are required as space is limited. To make a reservation, email reservations@louisarmstronghouse.org<\/a> or call the museum at 718-478-8274.<\/p>\n

WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2010 at 2 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The Louis Armstrong House Museum is located at 34-56 107th<\/sup> Street in Corona, Queens. For directions, visit www.louisarmstronghouse.org<\/a><\/p>\n

ADMISSION:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Event included in Museum admission.\u00a0
\n$8 for adults; $6 for seniors\/students\/children, free for members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jazz great Louis Armstrong moved to Corona, Queens, with his wife Lucille in 1943. The couple spent the rest of their lives in the house. Thanks to the vision and financial support of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, their residence\u2014still containing its original furnishings\u2014is a National Historic Landmark administered by Queens College. House tours explore the life and legacy of Louis Armstrong and include recordings of him enjoying a meal with Lucille at his dining room table, chatting with friends in his living room, and practicing the trumpet in his den. For more information on the Louis Armstrong House Museum, including directions, visit www.louisarmstronghouse.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

For more about Queens College visit http:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> Phyllis Cohen Stevens
\nDeputy Director of News Services
\n718-997-5597
\nphyllis.cohen-stevens@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Maria Matteo
\nAssistant Director of News Services
\n718-997-5593
\nmaria.matteo@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Deslyn Dyer
\nAssistant Director
\nLouis Armstrong House Museum
\n718-478-8274
\ndeslyn.dyer@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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