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Satchmo (b 1901) is a black musician originally from New Orleans, Louisianna.

He took advantage of Radical Liberal Huey Long's governorship of Louisianna to protect himself from the overt and violent racism of the Freedom Party. Following the assassination of Long in 1937, Satchmo and his band (in which he sang and played the trumpet) began touring the entire Confederate States. Their music was fast-paced and lively, and was wildly popular among both black and white audiences. Scipio saw Satchmo perform in the black ghetto of Augusta, Georgia.

During the Second Great War, Satchmo's band was booked to entertain the Confederate army. During Operation Blackbeard, Satchmo awed a military audience in Ohio that included Tom Colleton. After the show, he and his band hijacked an army jeep and defected to the United States. Satchmo was met in Philadelphia by Congresswoman Flora Hamburger. With Hamburger's patronage, Satchmo toured the US, spreading news of the Black Holocaust to Americans--as well as introducing them to his music.