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Louis Armstrong

To Chicago

1922
Chicago,Illinois , U.S.

In 1922, he moved to Chicago at the invitation of King Oliver. With Oliver's Creole Jazz Band he could make enough money to quit his day jobs. Although race relations were poor, Chicago was booming. The city had jobs for blacks making good wages at factories with some leftover for entertainment.


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