Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry is as relevant today as it was over a century ago. His ability to navigate between standard English and African American dialect, his exploration of universal and ...

About the life and legacy of America's first black poet to win national acclaim. "Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask" is a documentary about the life and legacy of the first African American ...

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 ...

Gene Jarrett, Princeton’s dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, has taught students about Paul Laurence Dunbar for two decades and published book articles and chapters on ...

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 ...

Author Gene Jarrett discussed the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. Labyrinth Books in ...

A 1903 photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Laurence ... the 20-year-old sold his first book of poetry, Oak and Ivy, to passengers he met on the elevator.

Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center is a public school located in Miami, FL, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center is 336 and the school serves PK-8.

MASSILLON − Ohio-born poet Paul Laurence Dunbar will be in the spotlight on Feb. 23. Dunbar, a Dayton native, is legendary in the poetry community, hailed by event organizers as "your favorite ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, by Gene Andrew Jarrett (Princeton). One of America’s first Black writers to achieve international acclaim, Dunbar was born to former slaves, in 1872.

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 ...