William Grant Still [graphic]. 1933.

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William Grant Still [graphic]. 1933.

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Negative taken of William Grant Still at a concert in Paris, France in 1933 from the book "In One Lifetime," by Verna Arvey (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1984, p. 81). The photo was taken by George Manuel. William Grant Still was born May 11, 1895 in Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi and died December 3, 1978 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. He was one of America's first noted African American classical composers. He grew up in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, where his widowed mother taught English in Little Rock high schools. His father had been a music teacher at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. He studied music at Wilberforce University in Ohio; Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory of Music. He received honorary degrees from the University of Arkansas, Howard University, the University of Southern California at Pepperdine, Wilberforce University, Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory of Music and Bates College.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Manuel, George,

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Persistence of the Spirit, directed by Ken Hubbell, was an interpretive study of the people and events that contributed to the black experience in Arkansas. Developed in 1986-87 by a team of humanities scholars (including Patricia Washington McGraw, Carl H. Moneyhon, Ruth Polk Patterson, Grif Stockley, Orville W. Taylor, LeRoy T. Williams, and Nudie E. Williams with Tom Baskett Jr. as editor) supported by grants (from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Projects and the...