Who said the following? "Let the blare of the negro jazz bands and the bellowing voice of Bessie Smith singing blues penetrate the closed ears of the colored near intellectuals until they listen and perhaps understand, we negro artists who create now intend to express our dark skin selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful and ugly too. The Tomtom cries and Tomtom laughs. If colored people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, their displeasure doesn't matter either. We build temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves." James Baldwin Langston Hughes Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong

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Who said the following?
"Let the blare of the negro jazz bands and the bellowing voice of Bessie
Smith singing blues penetrate the closed ears of the colored near
intellectuals until they listen and perhaps understand, we negro artists who
create now intend to express our dark skin selves without fear or shame. If
white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We
know we are beautiful and ugly too. The Tomtom cries and Tomtom laughs. If
colored people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, their displeasure
doesn't matter either. We build temples for tomorrow, strong as we know
how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves."
James Baldwin
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Transcribed Image Text:Who said the following? "Let the blare of the negro jazz bands and the bellowing voice of Bessie Smith singing blues penetrate the closed ears of the colored near intellectuals until they listen and perhaps understand, we negro artists who create now intend to express our dark skin selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful and ugly too. The Tomtom cries and Tomtom laughs. If colored people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, their displeasure doesn't matter either. We build temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves." James Baldwin Langston Hughes Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong
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