Title	Paul Laurence Dunbar with friends
Subject	Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 African American poets American poetry--Ohio Literary Ohio
Time Period	1890s
Place	Dayton (Ohio) Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description	Author Paul Laurence Dunbar, pictured in the center of the back row, with friends, ca. 1890-1906. A note on the back of the photograph describes the men and women pictured as Dunbar's "English friends and advisors." Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton.
Date of Original	ca. 1890-1906
Collection	Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection
Source	P 70; Box 1, Folder 2
Format	Picture Photographic Print (Black and White) Gelatin Silver Print / Developing-out Paper
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
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Type	StillImage
File Name	AL05267.tif
Image Height	2730
Image Width	2730
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Date created	2011-08-03

Paul Laurence Dunbar with friends

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