Blowin' the Revolution
How Louis Armstrong's Jazz Transformed America Through Innovation, Reaction, and Reform
An individual website for National History Day, 2026. Between 1922 and 1971 Armstrong changed jazz, mainly through scat singing and the solo form, and pushed back on segregation with integrated bands, venue boycotts, and public criticism.
Massachusetts History Day State Special Award: Handel & Haydn Society Outstanding Project in Music History, 1 of 195. Massachusetts History Day lists the project on its site.
