John Malveaux: Louis Armstrong "Black and Blue", a 1929 B-side on Okeh Records has been called American music’s first bona fide protest song

Louis Armstrong
YouTube.com

John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

Louis Armstrong "Black and Blue", a 1929 B-side on Okeh Records’ “popular music” listings (a label that had previously marketed him for “race records”), has been called American music’s first bona fide protest song against racial inequalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LDPUfbXRLM 

Thanks

John Malveaux