... said August 4th. Louis celebrated it on the 4th of July because that's what his grandmother had told him. Louis's childhood wasn't the best growing up. His father left his mother shortly after he was born and he was sent to live with his grandmother for 5 years. Eventually, he was sent back to his ... mother and sister, Bernice. When he turned seven he began working and bought his first coronet. When he was eleven, juvenile court sent him to Jones Home for Colored Waifs for ... ...

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