Dancing to a Black Man's Tune

A Life of Scott Joplin

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by Susan Curtis

University of Missouri Press

Due/Published September 2004, 288 pages, paper

ISBN 0826215475

Though born into a time when blacks were denied basic civil rights and opportunities, Scott Joplin's music was embraced by the white middle class. The story of American cultural history is countered with fascinating events from Joplin's life in this engaging portrait.