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Okay, now on with the show.

Once upon a time, there was a girl who became a dancer, a spy, and a civil rights activist.

Her name was Josephine.

Josephine grew up in the 1900s in a poor St. Louis neighborhood, where she slept in a basement

corner and shared a cardboard box and her food with a dog.

But she was moved by a sound that filled the air, ragtime.

A raggedy sort of music that bumped and jumped and made Josephine want to dance.

More than anything, Josephine loved to dance. She shook her hands towards the sky, wiggled her shoulders, and shuffled her feet.

When she was little, she often danced in front of the Booker T. Washington Theater in St. Louis.

One of the first theaters in America made for black artists and performers.

As Josephine shimmied and twirled, passers-by dropped coins by her feet.

Josephine used the money she earned to go to the shows inside the Booker.

Krooner sang and chorus girls kicked their legs as high as their ears.

Josephine tapped her feet and cheered for each performer.

And when she closed her eyes at night, she saw herself up there too,

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