Texas History Minute

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 undeniable.Joplin was born just after the Civil War in 1867 or 1868 possibly in the East Texas community of Linden or maybe Texarkana, though even his place of birth is not entirely certain...