Editing Louis Armstrong (section)

===Personality===
[[File:LouisArmstrong1959.jpg|thumb|Armstrong in 1959 during a night concert in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam]]
Armstrong was colorful and charismatic. His autobiography vexed some biographers and historians because Armstrong had a habit of telling tales, particularly about his early childhood when he was less scrutinized, and his embellishments lack consistency.<ref name="bergreen7">Bergreen (1997), pp. 7–11.</ref>

In addition to being an entertainer, Armstrong was a leading personality. He was beloved by an American public that usually offered little access beyond their public celebrity to even the most significant black performers, and Armstrong was able to live a private life of access and privilege afforded to few other black Americans during that era.<ref name="bergreen7"/>

Armstrong generally remained politically neutral, which sometimes alienated him from other black Americans who expected him to use his prominence within white America to become more outspoken during the [[civil rights movement]]. However, Armstrong criticized [[President Eisenhower]] for not acting forcefully on civil rights.<ref name="bergreen7"/>