One of Dayton's most famous artists, Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African-American poet, novelist and playwright. On the anniversary of his death -- Feb. 9 -- we thought we'd share his most popular ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of ...

DAYTON – Paul Laurence Dunbar wasn’t the most famous member of the Dayton Central High School Class of 1890. But he left as big a mark on the world, in his own way, as did his classmate Orville Wright ...

Commentator and poet David Budbill of Wolcott, Vermont has this appreciation of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Dunbar's birthday is June 27th. Budbill reads the Dunbar poem, Sympathy.

Paul Laurence Dunbar lived June 27, 1872 to February 9, 1906. A year-long commemoration is underway honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Born in 1872 to parents ...

Wright State University is marking the 150th anniversary of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s birth with a variety of programming beginning this week and continuing through spring. Organized by the Wright State ...

aapg copy 39088020150900 Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "This biography explores the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), a major nineteenth-century American poet and ...