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(New page: African-American jazz pianist from the 1975 novel ''Ragtime'' by E. L. Doctorow, set in Jazz Age New York City. The novel was turned into a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082970/combined 19...)
 
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After his Model T Ford is wrecked by the fire department, he turns violent and occupies the Morgan Library,  and threatens to blow it up.
 
After his Model T Ford is wrecked by the fire department, he turns violent and occupies the Morgan Library,  and threatens to blow it up.
  
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/03/05/specials/doctorow-ragtimemovie.html New York Times review of the film]
  
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Revision as of 07:20, 13 January 2014

African-American jazz pianist from the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow, set in Jazz Age New York City. The novel was turned into a 1981 film by Paramount Pictures. In the film, Coalhouse Walker Jr. was played by Howard E. Rollins Jr.

After his Model T Ford is wrecked by the fire department, he turns violent and occupies the Morgan Library, and threatens to blow it up.

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