RAGTIME

"In 1902, Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York." Apparently, Father ha...

“Most of you left Russia, where you had a Czar who acted in as brutal a way as any man on earth. Here in America we have capitalistic cza...

"Etiquette is protocol, rules of behavior that you memorize and that rarely bend to encompass individual concerns and needs. Manners e...

Although there has been no factual documentation, it has been said that during the transition from novel to stage, Little Boy was given the ...

"In Harlem, men and women of color forgot their troubles and danced and reveled to the music of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. This was a music ...

"Yes, that's right. He put me on a velvet swing... Harry's in trouble, Stanny's in heaven, and Evelyn is in Vaudeville! ...

Some basics on the more prominent historical figures of Ragtime: Henry Ford:  “ Every worker, a cog in motion, well that’s the notion of ...