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 ...

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 experiences of Black Americans at the ...

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 ...

In these parts, we are pretty familiar with Paul Laurence Dunbar’s name. More than 560 students attend Dayton’s Paul Laurence Dunbar Early College High School. And we aren’t the only ones ...

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 ...

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