In the post-Civil War era, the cruel breath of slavery and the aborted plan of Reconstruction still hung over the American South. But in the Joplin home, banjo and fiddle music filled the family’s ...

Scott Joplin was once among America's most popular songwriters. The son of a former slave, the composer's Ragtime music swept the nation more than 100 years ago. Joplin's house in St. Louis is thought ...

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texarkana native Scott Joplin, the King of ragtime exhibit and silent auction, is taking place at the Gallery at 1894 through Friday. Curator Carol Collins-Miles said the auction's ...

ST. LOUIS — During Black History Month, 5 on Your Side is celebrating the history that was made in St. Louis, and highlighting the next generation of change-makers. One of the most influential ...

Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

ST. LOUIS - Scott Joplin is the original king of pop. His ragtime music can still be heard within contemporary music today. We have a treasure in the heart of our town, it's the Scott Joplin House.

(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

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At the turn of the 20th century, ragtime music was all the rage. It was music to dance to as well as music to pass on oral traditions. Created by recently freed Blacks who couldn’t then read or write ...

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