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|text= The American composer William Grant Still (1895 – 1978) whose 150 works included five symphonies and eight operas. His opera Troubled Island, set in Haiti and based on the life of Jean Jacques Dessalines, was premiered by New York City Opera in 1949 and became the first opera by an African American composer to be performed by a major company.

|credit=Carl Van Vechten, restored by {{u|Adam Cuerden}}

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