Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), is best remembered for his poem, "We Wear the Mask” and for lines from “Sympathy” that became the title of Maya ...

While Dunbar is perhaps best known for poems such as 'Sympathy' (a poem that ends 'I know why the caged bird sings!') and 'We Wear the Mask,' he wrote prolifically in many genres, including a ...

9pm Thursday Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask Documentary Discover the complex life and legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African American to gain national fame as a writer. This ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential Black poets in America. A graduate of Howard University, he was ...

Emanuel, James A. 1921-2013 Gross, Theodore L. Contents I. EARLY LITERATURE -- A child's reasoning ; Letter to his master, Thomas Auld / Frederick Douglass -- The goophered grapevine / Charles Waddell ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...