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The History of Paul Dunbarby Rakean Albarra
The Poet
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I have researched PaulL. Dunbar.
Paul Dunbar was born in Dayton,
Ohio June 27, 1872.Paul Dunbar wrote his first poem
when he was only six years old.
Dunbar gave his first public recital.
Dunbar edited and published the
Dayton Tattler newspaper with thehelp from Orville and WilburWright and their printing machine.
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Dunbar in Dayton Paul Dunbars mother
Paul Dunbar was the class president inschool.
Dunbar was a sick boy when he wasyoung.
Pauls mother wanted him to be apreacher.
Paul was best friends with Bud Burns.
Dunbar and Bud were lamplighters
when Paul was only twelve.
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Pauls Boring Jobs
Pauls job was to pick up boxes at the shippingdepartment at the National Cash Register Company.
Paul quit that tiring job. Paul became elevator operator in the Calahan building
for four dollars a week.
Dunbar started to like his job. Paul saw his former English teacher Mrs.Truesdell at the
Calahan building while waiting for passengers.
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Poetry in slave dialect
Dunbar thought about writing in dialect. Dunbar wrote Oak and Ivy with some poems in dialect and some in
English.An example of Dunbars dialect poems is below.
Lias! Lias! Bless de Lawd!
Don you know de days erbroad?
Ef you don git up, you scamp,
Deyll be trouble in dis camp.
Tink I gwine to let you sleepWile I meks yo boad an keep?
Dats a putty howdy-do-
Don you hyeah me, Lias-you?
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Dunbars house (bottom left) Paul Laurence Dunbar (bottom right)
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Majors and Minors
Paul Dunbar wrote his second book Majorsand Minors with many different poems
such as Dawn, and When Malindy sings. This book also has standard English
poems and Dialect Poems.
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Paul in England
Paul went to England for a short time. Paul stayed in a grubby little room in London Paul wrote his very first novel The Uncalled there. Paul was broke so he moved back to the United States.
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Alice Ruth Moore
Paul met Alice right before he went to London. Alice was a teacher in Brooklyn. Dunbar moved to Washington where he found a nice
looking house.
Paul went to New York to marry Alice Alice went with Paul to Washington
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A picture of Alice Ruth Moore.
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The sick Paul
Pauls health was terrible he was coughingup blood.
Paul drank to stay on his feet but he wasdrinking too much.
Paul got sicker and sicker every day.
Pauls life was being destroyed.
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Paul back in Dayton
Paul and his mother moved back to Dayton. Bud Burns came to see Paul every day. Admirers sent him many things, one sent him a dog. Paul was taking care of a chick named Blackie who rode
on his shoulder.
The dog and Blackie became Pauls companions.
Paul was in the latter stages of tuberculosis.
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The Death of Paul Dunbar
Paul Dunbar died in Dayton, Ohio February 91906
To remember Dunbar I put his poems on thenext slide enjoy reading them.
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Thank you for your attention!
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