EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story includes direct quotes from Louis Armstrong using vernacular common in writing at the time. Modern journalism protocols discourage writing in vernacular that could be construed as discriminatory. Since the Herald used the language in the original story in 1957, it was decided to leave the quotes in their original form.

GRAND FORKS — Sixty-eight years ago, a young Grand Forks Herald intern got Louis Armstrong talking about school integration efforts in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the jazz artist's statements made headlines nationwide.

Armstrong was anticipated to go on a State Department-sponsored trip to Russia soon after his Sept. 17, 1957, concert in Grand Forks, but the trumpeter and singer made it clear his feelings about the opportunity had chang

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