I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.

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Louis Armstrong was a 20th-century American jazz trumpeter and singer. Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Family — The ties of kinship, parenting, and unconditional love
  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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