A Poem for Memorial Day

I’m want to start today with a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and published in 1896. It’s about the Civil War, but the words elegize all those who gave their lives in service to the United ...
ITWire

Paul Laurence Dunbar Website Releases New Web Page For Poem

( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 26, 2007) Alexandria, VA - The website PaulLaurenceDunbar.net has released a new web page for the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem,"Lead Gently, Lord, And Slow," with an original ...
Yahoo

The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience

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 ...
University of Dayton

Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial: Then and Now

A new acquisition in University of Dayton Archives and Special Collections tells the story of a long-ago commemoration of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. On June 26, 1909, people gathered for the ...
PBS

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask

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 poet ...