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Using his influence, Still helped to bring the first YMCA for Blacks to the city and helped fund an orphanage, among other notable acts.

Still’s story will be told in part in WGN America’s new drama, Underground, which makes its debut Wednesday night. Still will be played by actor Chris Chalk of Gotham and Lila and Eve fame. The show stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Alano Miller and Christopher Meloni in lead roles.

The first African-American to conduct a major American symphony, Williams Grant Still, is a descendant of the abolitionist.

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Little Known Black History Fact: William Still  was originally published on blackamericaweb.com

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