Paul Laurence Dunbar

CTL-E-1571 · Person · other · 1890s-1900s

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Poet, novelist, and lyricist; author of Majors and Minors (1895), Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896), and the lyrics for In Dahomey (1903); one of the first African-American writers with an international reputation.

Relationships

Alice Dunbar-Nelson — married to
Dunbar married the writer Alice Ruth Moore in 1898.
Dayton, Ohio — from
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio.
Frederick Douglass — related to
Dunbar befriended Frederick Douglass in Chicago in 1893 and wrote the 1895 elegy “Frederick Douglass” on his death.
Orville Wright — related to
Dunbar and Orville Wright were Dayton Central High School classmates and friends; the Wright brothers printed Dunbar’s early writings.

Referenced by

Dayton Tattler — wrote for → this record
Frederick Douglass — related to → this record
Lyrics of Lowly Life — authored by → this record
We Wear the Mask — authored by → this record

Sources

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