Dunbar, Paul Laurence
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872–1906), librettist, lyricist, and author. Most famous as an early African‐American poet and novelist, he was also an important figure in the development of black musical theatre. In 1898 he wrote the libretto and lyrics for the first major black musical to play a first‐class white house,
Clorindy; or, The Origin of the Cake Walk, although the entertainment was not a full‐length show and the house was the
Casino's summer roof garden. But Dunbar also served as lyricist for
In Dahomey (1903), the first full‐length black musical to play a standard Broadway theatre. He also wrote lyrics for several songs that were interpolated into other musicals.
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Dunbar, the originator.(Paul Laurence Dunbar)
Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...was born in the bed with Paul Laurence Dunbar, born in the bed, as they...their love of and loyalty to Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry and my mother recited...copy of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar and began a project of reclamation...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: a credit to his race?
Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of the twentieth century, Paul Laurence Dunbar's reputation shifted between...schoolchild knew the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, which was recited in school...might grow up to be "the lady Paul Laurence Dunbar!" (Brooks 56). Much later...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy of Language
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 2/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Edition - Sunday 02-12-2006 Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy of Language Host...anniversary of the death of Paul Laurence Dunbar. He was the first African...today very much as it was when Paul Laurence Dunbar and his mother lived here...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar's overlooked play.
Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and die!--Anne Spencer Paul Laurence Dunbar is mainly known as a poet...Primeau 3): I am referring to Paul Laurence Dunbar and his drama "Herrick...Subsequently, a copy was found in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Papers of the Ohio Historical...
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Caressed by the word: the lives and love of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Dunbar-Nelson. (tribute).
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; I didn't go looking for Paul Laurence Dunbar, but he found me anyway...Other Uncollected Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Reading through Dunbar...and books about him like Paul Laurence Dunbar, a biography by Peter Revell...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872-1906
Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education; 1/1/2005; 649 words
; ...blacks was renamed in honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar in 1916 just 10 years after his...the course of his short life. Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in...Operating Foundation. Photograph (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
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Commentary: Remembering the late poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/23/2001; ; 611 words
; ...Remembering the late poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Host: LISA SIMEONE Time...27th is the birthday of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, a hero and inspiration to...everybody else thinks she did. Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote that line. It's a...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar and the African American Elegy.
Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Laments the passing of her noblest born.--Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Frederick Douglass" 11. 1-6) Quietly, this stanza begins Paul Laurence Dunbar's long elegy for Frederick Douglass. Here, Dunbar...
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Intimate intercessions in the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Lizer's Stumblin' Block" (Dunbar, Best Stories) Much of the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar reveals the intimate intercessions...In The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, "A Prayer" illustrates his...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar's legacy leaps from page to stage in dance troupe's season premiere
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...that incorporates poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. DCDC artistic director Kevin...entries in the 21st annual Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial Poetry Contest, which...DaytonDailyNews.com. 'The Dance' by Paul Laurence Dunbar Heel and toe, heel and toe...
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Paul Laurence Dunbar Born: June 27, 1872 Dayton, Ohio...African American poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet and novelist, was the...and pride. Youth and education Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, in...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), poet and novelist, was the first African American author to gain national recognition and a wide popular audience. Born the son of a former slave in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar...
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence 1872–1906
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 – 1906 Poet, short story writer, novelist, librettist Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first important black...the Dawn: Reinterpretations of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Giovanni added: “ There...
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence 1872-1906
Book article from: American Decades
DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE 1872-1906 Poet, novelist "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race." Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of America's most popular poets in the 1900s. He was...
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Dunbar-Nelson, Alice 1875–1935
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...recognize his or her relationship to Dunbar-Nelson ’ s palette of local colors. ” Dunbar-Nelson was born Alice Ruth Moore...in Philadelphia, PA; married Paul Laurence Dunbar, March 8, 1898 (separated...
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