Katherine Garrison Chapin

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Katherine Garrison Chapin was an American poet and librettist known for her collaborations with composer William Grant Still and her engagement with social and racial themes in her work.

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Katherine Garrison Chapin canonical 1

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instanceOf librettist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle ⓘ
collaboratedWith Leopold Stokowski ⓘ
William Grant Still ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Sorbonne ⓘ
linked to: Sorbonne University
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Chapin ⓘ
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
opera libretti ⓘ
genre libretto ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Katherine ⓘ
hasPartInCollection Library of Congress manuscripts ⓘ
hasTheme anti-lynching ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary racial politics in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainSubject lynching in the United States ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance-related literature ⓘ
notableFor collaborations with William Grant Still ⓘ
notableWork And They Lynched Him on a Tree ⓘ
Bright Mariner ⓘ
Outside of the World ⓘ
Plain Chant for America ⓘ
Time Has No Shadow ⓘ
occupation librettist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
participatedIn American civil rights discourse ⓘ
placeOfBirth Waterford, Connecticut ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
relative Francis Biddle ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Francis Biddle ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
wroteTextFor And They Lynched Him on a Tree ⓘ
Plain Chant for America ⓘ

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Francis Biddle → spouse → Katherine Garrison Chapin ⓘ