The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens first opened in 2003, in the house of the trumpeter's wife Lucille. This week, a new 14,000-square-foot expansion opens to the public, directly across the street from where the Armstrongs spent their final years.
, the center’s executive director. “We honor that by telling their story. But we also honor that by living their values. They loved their neighborhood, they loved supporting the families and the students in their neighborhood, so we have to do the same.”
The center has received a donation of trumpets, she said, which will be used for teaching students how to play. The recordings Armstrong made with The Hot Five were considered “race records,” made by and for African Americans. “He becomes the first African American actor to get featured billing in a Hollywood film,” Riccardi said. “He becomes the first African American to host a nationally sponsored radio show. So the ‘30s are a very fruitful time for Armstrong.”
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