Louis ArmstrongInspirational MindThere are many influential minds who have had a huge inspiring impact on society and the 21st century. Louis Armstrong changed the culture of American musical figures among the public. In my opinion, he has made outstanding artistic achievements and is one of the people in the world who can make a difference. His work is in fact an extension of the growing interest in civil rights change. Louis Armstrong is best known for his work on jazz. It is simply the nature of music and jazz that was valued everywhere (Merod, 2011). There was a change in attitude when his music spread around the world, people were more assertive and motivated by him. There was a vast knowledge of creativity all over the world, causing a growing interest in African American creativity. He rose through the ranks strategically and was able to keep his cool in the hall of fame. According to the research, "Armstrong showed a way out of the rabbit hole in which the music of the early decades of the 20th century was comfortably trapped, primarily as dance entertainment, and only that, a diversion into the orderly world of anxiety of the work and the boredom of capital. » which is a difficult thing to do in my opinion (Merod, 2011). Louis Armstrong's work appeals to humanity in various ways because it illustrates that African Americans have the legal right within the state itself to commit acts in public that would have been routinely regulated for centuries . There is! Louis Armstrong was considered a political subject because there used to be segregation. The momentum created by Armstrong was very open to the public, "Armstrong's 'manhood' was never tarnished or bruised because it was always right in front of everyone, without ambivalence...... middle of paper. ..... your opinion was a revolutionary man. He was born in the war between blacks and whites and broke the ice. All races and genders appreciated his musical creative work. It doesn't matter what your socio-economic status is because his invention of expression was too strong to divide people in my opinion. He participated in festivals and traveled the world leaving his unforgettable mark, which was jazz and being a civil rights activist. Louis Armstrong. (2013). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th edition, 1.2. Hersch, C. (2002). Poisoning their coffee: Louis Armstrong and civil rights. Palgrave Macmillan Journals Politics, Vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 371-392 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/32353973. Mérod, J. (2011). Biography as erasure: the radical light of Louis Armstrong. Limit 2, 38(3), 165-215. do I:10.1215/01903659-1430863