Ragtime is a musical genre that was very popular in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The origins of this genre originated in the red light districts of African American communities in St. Louis, but were never published on sheets of paper till later. There were many people who helped spread ragtime throughout America, but I want to focus on one person individually. His name is Scott Joplin. I chose this figure because he seemed very interesting. Scott Joplin was known as the “king of ragtime.” He was born on November 24, 1868 very close to Linden, Texas to a former slave. He never left Texas until the 1880’s when he moved to St. Louis. After he moved to St. Louis he found himself studying ragtime. Basically to summarize
