This photo is from the Dec. 26, 1913, Times-Democrat. It shows some boys who received toys at the newspaper's first Christmas gift fund distribution for needy black children. "Music was furnished by a ...

Somebody in the crowd would say ‘Hello Dolly!’ And each night it kept getting louder: ‘Hello Dolly!’ ‘Hello Dolly!’ So Louis turned to me and said ‘what the hell is they talking about, Hello Dolly?’ … ...

For the November, 1998 issue of High Times, writer Steve Gelsi investigated Louis Armstrong’s (1901-1971) ties to weed. In honor of Armstrong’s birthday on August 4, we’re republishing the story below ...

Time/Life recently released a retrospective box set of Louis Armstrong. The material may show why Armstrong was not just a giant of jazz music, but a civil rights leader as well. Louis Armstrong ...