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the legacy of any individual is always a difficult item to measure it is
calibrated against the tenor of the times and the underlying currents of
society these issues have always colored how literary historians and others
have viewed the works of paul laurence dunbar poet and author writer and
revolutionary dunbar shows aspects that fit into many niches and
philosophies yet what is the essence of this african american writer from
dayton ohio
paul laurence dunbar wrote more than just poetry he wrote literature in all of
its venues he wrote poems and novels newspaper articles and lyrics for
broadway musicals he wrote short stories and operettas ballads and
orations he is credited as the first writer to put the african american
experience in all its diverse forms before a broader audience his work
became the voice for the african american experience in america at that time
dunbar became known for his use of dialect to capture the african american
experience "yet his talent could not be confined to that form alone paul
laurence dunbar was an experimenter and innovator who tried to express his
feelings and vision in the many forms that literature offers he has been
called the poet laureate of his people yet he has become a voice for all
people through all of his writing runs the desire to explain the ambitions
hopes and dreams of african americans "he strived to show to the world the
reality of blacks as caring thoughtful creative individuals as people not
stereotypes' he was an african american struggling with the racism and
oppression of his time and yet he is a spokesperson for all who have dreams
unfulfilled
paul laurence dunbar was the first african american to be widely accepted
and acclaimed within literary fields in the united states * it began with a
review of his work published by William dean howells in 1896 and continued
into the 1920s and beyond dunbars work laid the foundations of and set the
stage for the harlem renaissance of the 20s and 30s this was an explosion
of literary and cultural talent unlike anything this nation has seen since 1
dunbars work remained a model for writers during this period including
James weldon johnson countee cullen and langston hughes
today schools banks hospitals and other institutions across the nation are
named in honor of paul laurence dunbar. his work remains a legacy of the
past and a beacon for the future it encompasses all the expressions of
human emotion and is just plain good literature