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	Paul Laurence Dunbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet in the late 19th and early 20th century.
		Dunbar's work is known for its colorful language and use of dialect, and a conversational tone, with a brilliant rhetorical structure.
		Dunbar died at age thirty-three on February 9, 1906, and was interred in the Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar Dunbar pages
		Paul Laurence Dunbar, (1872 - 1906), was born, as was described in his day, a "pure Black" - that is, both his mother and father were known not have white ancestors.
		Dunbar's father escaped from slavery in Kentucky to freedom in Canada, while his mother was freed by the events of the civil war, and came North to Ohio, where they met, and where their son was born at Dayton.
		Dunbar was called the greatest Negro poet since Russia's Pushkin and France's Dumas, both of whose "white blood" was said to be responsible for their abilities.
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		Dunbar's father was a veteran of the American Civil War American Civil War quick summary:
		Dunbar's home is also part of which includes both the Wright Brothers bicycle shop and Dunbar's home (with a Wright bicycle they gave him).
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		Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet, short story writer, novelist, writer of articles and dramatic sketches, plays, and lyrics for musical compositions.
		In reply to Dunbar's first letter, Nelson set forth her views on the literary use of "the Negro problem," stating that she did not think of her characters as "types of a race or an idea." In this letter she also mentioned the forthcoming publication of her first book, Violets and Other Tales (1895).
		The Dunbar Nelson papers also comprise manuscript poems by Paul Dunbar, as well as a number of books from his personal library, extensive files of the working papers of Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson through 1930, her typescript manuscripts, photographs, journals and clippings.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/american/dunbar.html (446 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - Paul Laurence Dunbar
		Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first African-American poets to gain national recognition.
		Dunbar separated from his wife in 1902, and shortly thereafter he suffered a nervous breakdown and a bout of pneumonia.
		Dunbar's steadily deteriorating health caused him to return to his mother's home in Dayton, Ohio, where died on February 9, 1906, at the age of thirty-three.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
		Although Paul Laurence Dunbar also produced novels, short stories, and a large number of poems written in conventional English, he is best known for his adoption in verse of what was presented as the language (or "dialect") of the fl southern folk.
		In his lifetime, however, Dunbar was generally considered a glowing symbol of African-American literary artistry and an apt representative of his race, and a close reading of his poetry reveals him to be far more than an unimaginative purveyor of antifl images.
		Dunbar was read widely in both the fl and the white communities, with the extraordinary sales of his books making him one of the most successful American writers of his time, regardless of race.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection
		The Digital Text Collection was established to honor Dayton poet and novelist, Paul Laurence Dunbar, upon the occasion of the rededication of the Wright State University Library as the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library on May 2, 1992.
		Paul Laurence Dunbar, born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, was the first African-American poet and novelist to attain international recognition.
		Dunbar was known for his use of dialect, but was also an accomplished poet and novelist in standard English.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /special/dunbar (256 words)

	PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR. Free term papers for college, book reports and research papers. Welcome to Get Term Papers
		PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Renowned African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar rose from a poor childhood in Dayton, Ohio to international acclaim as a writer and as an effective voice for equality and justice for African-Americans (Howard, Revell).
		Dunbar was born June 27,1872 in Dayton, Ohio to Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, former slaves from Kentucky (Van Doren 296, Columbus).
		Paul 3 quickly achieved a reputation in his hometown as a poet and frequently was invited to recite his works for various clubs and organizations.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet.
		Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame.
		Although he lived to be only 33 years old, Dunbar was prolific, writing short stories, novels, librettos, plays, songs and essays as well as the poetry for which he became well known.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar
		Famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass once called Paul Luarence Dunbar "the most promising young colored man in America." And by the time of his death, Dunbar was known, not only in America, but in Europe as well for his writing.
		Dunbar wrote his poetry in both standard English and dialect, but it was the dialect poetry that readers preferred.
		When Dunbar died at the age of 33 from an ongoing bout with tuberculosis, he had written 12 books of poetry, as well as a play, five novels, and four books of short stories.
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		Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet and an author who was acknowledged as the first important fl poet in American literature.
		Paul Laurence Dunbar, the son of Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, natives of Kentucky, was born on June 27, 1872, in Dayton, Ohio, and died there on February 9, 1906.
		Paul, the only fl in his class, became class president, became an editor of The High School Times, and wrote the class song, a poem of eight stanzas which was sung at the commencement ceremonies on June 16, 1891, at the Grand Opera House.
	www.dayton.lib.oh.us /archives/dunbar.htm (4749 words)

	OHS - Places - Dunbar House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Today, the Dunbar has been completely renovated and restored to furnishings and wallpapers common, and some instances exactly, of the time period when Paul and Matilda lived in the house.
		Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial is also a part of the National Park's Service's Dayton Aviation Heritage Trail.
		The Dunbar House is located in Dayton (Montgomery County), at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street.
	www.ohiohistory.org /places/dunbar (449 words)

	African Americans - Paul Laurence Dunbar, Author and Poet
		Dunbar's first biographer, Lida Keck Wiggins, who knew the poet and his mother personally, wrote that as a slave-child in Lexington, Kentucky, Matilda had absorbed a love for literature from her master, who allowed her to listen "as he read aloud to his wife from the great writers.
		Paul repaid his debt by selling his book for $1 a copy to elevator riders, and his fame spread, certainly with help of Bishop Wright's church networks, since one of his first invitations to recite his poems came from a prominent church family in Richmond, Indiana, headquarters of the Wright family some years earlier.
		Dunbar's continuing, crucial political role is demonstrated by the invitation which he received, and accepted, in March 1901, to be commissioned a colonel and ride in an honored position in the inaugural parade of William McKinley, the last Lincoln Republican to hold the office of the Presidency.
	www.africanamericans.com /PaulLaurenceDunbar.htm (5670 words)

	W.D. Howell's Introduction to LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE (1898)
		She could value the faculty which her son showed first in prose sketches and attempts at fiction, and she was proud of the praise and kindness they won him among the people of the town, where he has never been without the warmest and kindest friends.
		Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois.
		Dunbar in those pieces of his where he studies the moods and traits of his race in its own accent of our English.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/a_f/dunbar/howells.htm (1035 words)

	AllRefer.com - Paul Laurence Dunbar (American Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Paul Laurence Dunbar[dun´bAr] Pronunciation Key, 1872–1906, American poet and novelist, b.
		His humorous poems employing African-American folk materials and dialect were especially popular with the public, but Dunbar viewed them as a means of getting his other works published and came to despise them.
		Dunbar's other works include four novels, the best known of which is The Sport of the Gods (1902); four collections of short stories, notably Folks from Dixie (1898), in which he portrayed the lives of Southern fls; and numerous song lyrics.
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	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Paul Laurence Dunbar \| PBS
		Both of Dunbar's parents were former slaves; his father escaped to freedom in Canada and then returned to the U.S. to fight in the Civil War.
		The young Dunbar was the only fl student in his Dayton high school, where he was the popular editor of the school paper.
		Writing for a largely white readership, Dunbar made use of the then current plantation tradition in both his stories and his poems, depicting the pre-Civil War South in pastoral, idyllic tones.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/paul_laurence_dunbar.html (285 words)

	Paul Laurence Dunbar
		Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)was a poet and an author who was acknowledged as the first important fl poet in American literature.
		The son of Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, natives of Kentucky, Paul was born on June 27 in Dayton, Ohio, and died there on February 9, 1906.
		Born in slavery, she learned poetry by listening to her slave-master read poetry at family gatherings, and she was determined that Paul receive an education and inspired him in the writing of poetry.
	www.nathanielturner.com /paullaurencedunbar.htm (589 words)

	Celebrate Dunbar! -- A community collaboration to honor the life and works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
		She will also share her thoughts on the Dunbar Centenary Conference at Stanford University and discuss her 5th and Main Poetry Project, where she has started reading Dunbar's poetry to Daytonians who are waiting on the bus.
		The public is invited to the awards ceremony honoring the winners in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Essay Contest.
		A century after Paul Laurence Dunbar's death, organizations in his hometown are marshalling their creative energies and producing numerous public events to celebrate the poet's life and work.
	www.celebratedunbar.org (819 words)

	PAL: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
		One is reminded, in Dunbar's situation, of the concept of "twoness" discussed by W. Du Bois.
		He suggested that Dunbar's poems should be divided in two groups: literary and dialect.
		Appreciation of Dunbar's literary achievements began in the second half of this century.
	www.csustan.edu /english/reuben/pal/chap6/dunbar.html (654 words)

	Black Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar was so talented and versatile that he succeeded in two worlds.
		Despite worsening health from the tuberculosis he succumbed to at age 34 in 1906,, Dunbar produced four collections of short stories and a quartet of novels in a creative outpouring between 1898 and 1904.
		Paul Robeson was one of the most gifted men in the history of the world.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton Ohio on June 27, 1872.
		His father, Joseph and Mother Mitilda Murphy Dunbar were emancipated slaves.
		Dunbar contracted tuberculosis when he was almost thirty.
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	Paul Laurence Dunbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves.
		Although he lived to be only 33 years old, Dunbar was popular with both fl and white readers.
		His works are celebrated today by scholars and school children alike and taught in high schools across the country.
	pd.ilt.columbia.edu /liberty/literacy/dunbar.htm (104 words)

	PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
		Dunbar was most famously dubbed "Poet Laureate of the Negro race" by Booker T. Washington.
		An Antebellum Sermon was one of Dunbar's best efforts to enlighten his audience about a serious issue in a casual, lyrical manner that would not alienate them.
		This poem was successful in providing social insight which was hidden under the dialect African Americans were comfortable with at the time.
	www.etsu.edu /ENGLISH/MUSE/dunbar.htm (182 words)

	Paul Laurence Dunbar Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is located in the heart of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY. It is Lexington's newest high school - having opened it's doors in 1990.
		The Dunbar Band has established itself as one of the premier performing ensembles in the nation, and strives to achieve learning through excellence in performance.
		To this date, the program supports three concert bands, marching band, jazz band, percussion ensemble, and a competitive winter guard.
	www.pld.fayette.k12.ky.us /clubs/band (74 words)

	Schiller Institute- Article - Paul Laurence Dunbar and American Classical Cutlure
		He did so, in the midst of a holocaust of political assassinations, lynchings and Jim Crow, the violent rise back to power of the Southern slavocracy in alliance with Wall Street, through the long-corrupt Democratic Party, and the increasingly corrupted Republicans.
		Recognizing that today's degraded popular entertainments imprison our fellow-citizens in a condition of mental slavery worse than the brutal physical slavery of the ante-bellum South, let us enlist Paul Laurence Dunbar, on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of his birth, as an active ally and co-worker in our struggle today.
		Jay Martin and Gossie H. Hudson, editors, The Paul Laurence Dunbar Reader; Dodd, Mead and Co., New York; 1975.
	www.schillerinstitute.org /educ/dunbar.html (6048 words)

	Locations & Hours @ the Libraries
		Paul Laurence Dunbar Library is the main academic library for Wright State University.
		Collections are housed at both Dunbar and Fordham Libraries.
		STAC is located on the second floor of Dunbar Library.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /about/lochours (221 words)

	Paul Laurence Dunbar
		Caressed by the word: the lives and love of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
		The city as refuge: constructing urban flness in Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods and James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.
		Lyrics of sunshine and shadow; the courtship and marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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