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Key People

A ragtime celebrity

Eubie Blake

American musician

William Bolcom

William Bolcom

American composer

King of ragtime

Scott Joplin

American composer and musician

W.C. Handy

W.C. Handy

American composer

Harlem Hellfighters

James Reese Europe

American composer and bandleader

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