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Paul Laurence Dunbar

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  • NULL ALI, Aziza B.

    in her sleep on Sunday, June 9, 2013. She was born July 26, 1939, was a member of the 1956 graduating class from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and attended Central State University. Aziza retired from EDS after more than 15 years of service. Aziza was   from Dayton Daily News Read more »

  • An encore for the historic Dunbar Hotel

    property after the 1929 stock market crash, the hotel was renamed by new owners in recognition of African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. A succession of owners operated the hotel in subsequent years. The Dunbar fell into decline after other Los Angeles   from Los Angeles Times Read more »

  • We Wear the Mask

    message Paul Dunbar is trying to convey to the audience, and how “ Wearing the Mask”, can even be applied today. Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national recognition as a poet. He was born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, where he was the   from Term Paper Warehouse  Read more »

  • NULL LANE, Phillip C. (Lil Phil)

    C. "Lil Phil" Age 23, a native of Dayton, was called home to be with the Lord Monday, April 15, 2013. A graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Willie E. Jackson, Christine Ingram; paternal grandfather,   from Dayton Daily News Read more »

  • Why Sing a Poem? Paul Laurence Dunbar’s "A Corn Song" in J19

    others). Searching for a recording of the songs performed, however, was fruitless. When I found the score to the setting of Dunbar’s poem “A Corn Song” (one of the songs on the 1900 program) I discovered that the two men’s collaboration offered a rich dialogic   from University of Pennsylvania Press Log Read more »

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About Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 Lyrics of a Lowly Life, one poem in the collection being Ode to Ethiopia. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Paul Laurence Dunbar on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

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