▁ri ot ▁by ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁public . ▁The ▁entire ▁Boston ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁Paris ▁to ▁perform ▁ ▁the ▁over t ure ▁for ▁the ▁large ▁sum ▁of ▁$ 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁performance ▁was ▁so ▁powerful ▁in ▁unit ing ▁the ▁public ▁ ▁under ▁a ▁common ▁anti - S ov iet ▁st ance ▁that ▁American ▁journalist ▁Tom ▁Br aden ▁remarked ▁that ▁ ▁“ the ▁Boston ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁won ▁more ▁acc laim ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁in ▁Paris ▁than ▁John ▁F oster ▁D ul les ▁ ▁or ▁D w ight ▁D . ▁Eisen h ower ▁could ▁have ▁brought ▁with ▁a ▁hundred ▁speech es .” ▁An ▁additional ▁ ▁revolution ary ▁performance ▁at ▁the ▁festival ▁was ▁Vir g il ▁Thom son ’ s ▁Four ▁Sain ts , ▁an ▁opera ▁ ▁that ▁contained ▁an ▁all - black ▁cast . ▁This ▁performance ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁counter ▁ ▁European ▁critic isms ▁of ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁African ▁Americans ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁Louis ▁Arm strong ▁and ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Cold ▁War ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁Louis ▁Arm strong ▁was ▁promoted ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁symbol ▁of ▁US ▁culture , ▁ra cial ▁progress , ▁and ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁the ▁Jim ▁Crow ▁Era ▁that ▁Arm strong ▁was ▁appointed ▁a ▁Good will ▁Jazz ▁Amb assador , ▁and ▁his ▁job ▁ent a iled ▁representing ▁the ▁American ▁government ’ s ▁commit ment ▁to ▁advance ▁the ▁libert ies ▁of ▁African ▁Americans ▁at ▁home , ▁while ▁also