William Appling News Today

There are an array of options and that is certainly one that is there. We are going to turn to membership for questions. Im told to remind you it is on the record. We ask you wait for a microphone. It will bring it to you. Speak directly into the microphone, stand stand up, tell us your name, affiliation and limit yourself to one question. Lets start over here with this gentleman. Hello. My memory on this may be hazy, but i was on the defense policy board at the time of the earliest crises. Some...

Scott Joplin was born in Texas and became one of the most famous musicians in America by the turn of the century, only to die penniless and forgotten in 1917. His story is told on TPR Classical's African American Voices series.