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. His poems were written mainly in black dialect. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had escaped from slavery; his father was a veteran of the American Civil War, … Wikipedia
Renowned African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar rose from a poor childhood in Dayton to international acclaim as a writer and as an effective voice for equality and justice for African-Americans. www.coax.net/people/lwf/DUNBAR.HTM
Weekend Edition Sunday , February 12, 2006 Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was the first African American poet to make his living from his writing. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5200796
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