thomas turbine is the man we chose for the exhibit. he is the man who came before scott joplin. turpin started publishing ragtime music in the 1890's. he opened a saloon here in st. louis called the rosebud cafÉ. it is where any ragtime player came to test his mettle against other ragtimers. the other story is the story of african-american entrepreneurs who basically -- you both think of african-americans as having to lay by the white person's rules in the 1800s. these were african-american entrepreneurs who set up their own business for blacks, by blacks and found ways to make money and started this whole series of businesses within the african-american community. we hear about the race issues in st. louis, but there was a lot of creativ things coming out of the african-american community. of the people of selections have objects associated with them. ones --the interesting one of chuck berry's guitars. charles lindbergh's flight suit is very popular with museum visitors. he is a popular symbol in the city. one of the interesting features we decided to add in was that visitors could c

thomas turpin is the man who came before scott joplin even.cott joplin cut his chops playing in thomas turpin's saloon. turpin for started publishing ragtime music in the 1890's, and he opened a saloon here in st. louis called the rosebud cafÉ, and it was basically where any ragtime player came to test his mettle against other ragtime or is. the other story that is not as widely told about turpin is the story of african american entrepreneurs who basically just people think about african americans that sort of having to just play by the white persons rules in the 1800's, but these were african american entrepreneurs like tom turpin who basically set up their own business for blacks by blacks and found ways to make money and started this whole series of businesses within the african-american community. a lot of times you hear about the race issues in st. louis, but there were also a lot of really creative things coming out of the african-american community that really get kind of glossed over. some of these people selections have objects associ

thomas turpin is the man who came before scott joplin even.cott joplin cut his chops playing in thomas turpin's saloon. turpin for started publishing ragtime music in the 1890's, and he opened a saloon here in st. ,ouis called the rosebud cafÉ and it was basically where any ragtime player came to test his mettle against other ragtime or is. the other story that is not as is thetold about turpin story of african american entrepreneurs who basically just people think about african americans that sort of having to just play by the white persons rules in the 1800's, but these were african american entrepreneurs like tom turpin who basically set up their own business for blacks by blacks and found ways to make money and started this whole series of businesses within the african-american community. a lot of times you hear about the race issues in st. louis, but there were also a lot of really creative pings coming out of the african american community that really get kind of glossed over. people selections have objects associated with them, most of