The answer to Wednesday's question which was what town did Michael Jackson grow up in was Gary, Indiana. The correct answer was given by Julius Dye. Wednesday, February 14 Scott Joplin Scott Joplin grew up in a musical family. An accomplished pianist by age eleven, his ragtime music brought him nationwide acclaim. Considered a forerunner of today's secular music, Joplin was a part of the strong tradition of African American musicians.
Black music dates back into Africa where it was used as a primary communication form.
Because there were so many dialects and languages, music was used as the oral language for translating history. He has used almost every form of writing to express his thoughts on paper including poems, songs, novels, plays, biographies, histories, and essays. The theme of his work has been the joys, pleasures and sorrows of the ordinary African American man. Forced to making a living on her own, she started working as a washerwoman in a laundry. But her innovations in hairstyling and beauty care formulas propelled her into a career in African American beauty and fashion.