His father fought in the US Civil war in the 55th Mass................an all black unit........Dunbar high on 1st st. NW, DC........is named after this famous poet and writer..........

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Born on June 27, 1872, Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first African-American poets to gain national recognition. His parents Joshua and Matilda Murphy Dunbar were freed slaves from Kentucky.

Paul Laurence Dunbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Paul Laurence Dunbar - Poetry Foundation

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was one the first influential black poets in American literature. ... Dunbar began showing literary promise while still in high school in Dayton, Ohio, where he lived with his widowed mother. ... In Oak and Ivy Dunbar included his earliest dialect poems and many works ...

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Joanne M. Braxton. Paul Laurence Dunbar published in such mainstream journals as Century, Lipincott's Monthly, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Saturday ...

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Paul Laurence Dunbar's biography and life story.Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had escaped from slavery; his father was a veteran of the ...

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Browse through Paul Laurence Dunbar's poems and quotes. 424 poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Still I Rise, The Road Not Taken, If You Forget Me, ...