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Stung by reports that people around the world thought the US was a racist society that oppressed the African American, from 1956 the State Dept. dispatched jazz luminaries such as Louis Armstrong to distant corners where they blew the trumpet of freedom in the war against communism.Von Eschen, Penny M. is the author of 'Satchmo Blows Up the World Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War', published 2006 under ISBN 9780674022607 and ISBN 0674022602.
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