Is William Grant Still 'All-American Composer'? Celeste Headlee: 'So true! I try to stress this point to people all the time!'

[Celeste Headlee (Marco Antonio)]

Earlier today AfriClassical posted: “Comment at LIFE.com: 'William Grant Still was also an All-American Composer.'” That was a response to a statement at LIFE.com which said he was “Known as the 'Dean of American Negro Composers.'”

We have received a comment from Celeste Headlee, granddaughter of William Grant Still. She is a soprano who has performed songs of William Grant Still. Celeste is also co-host of the national morning radio news program “The Takeaway”: “So true! I try to stress this point to people all the time! Do we call Copland a great Jewish-American composer? Or the same for Bernstein?”