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The music known as Ragtime first swept the nation more than 100 years ago. Missouri, known as the heartland of ragtime, is a big part of the ragtime story. The music is still toe-tapping today but as KBIA finds in this story, in collaboration with Vox Magazine, the music was born out of an oppressive time.