Photograph: Louis Armstrong's Hot five posing for a picture.
The Savoy Ballroom was an integrated club that allowed for whites and blacks to peacefully socialize and enjoy each other's company. At the Savoy racial barriers lowered and so did the conflicts that came with them. The Savoy gave America a taste of what desegregated life could look like.
In this image, President Lyndon B. Johnson is shaking hands with Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, after signing Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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"All they wanted to know when you came into the Savoy was, do you dance?"
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