Title

The Brief but Shining Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Poet Who Gave Dignity to the Black Experience

Author(s)

Minnita Daniel-Cox, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

3-2-2023

Publication Source

The Conversation

Abstract

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 turn of the 20th century. He was one of the first Black Americans to make a living as a writer and was seminal in the start of the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance.

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document available for download is the author's accepted manuscript. Article was originally published on The Conversation; it was republished March 6, 2023, on the website of Smithsonian Magazine under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Keywords

Paul Laurence Dunbar, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, African American music, Black Culture, minstrels, Harlem Renaissance

eCommons Citation

Daniel-Cox, Minnita, "The Brief but Shining Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Poet Who Gave Dignity to the Black Experience" (2023). Music Faculty Publications. 39.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mus_fac_pub/39