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Photographer: Public domain
Taken: Circa 1890
Caption: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Additional Description: Dunbar was one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation. Besides poems, short stories and novels, he also wrote the lyrics for the first all-African-American musical produced on Broadway (In Dahomey, 1903).
Submitted: March 31, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p576367
File Size: 0.034 Megabytes

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