8-57 Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Title, side A: The Fight for the Eight-Hour Day
Title, side B: NULL
Sponsors: The Ohio Bicentennial Commission, Shett Metal Works Local #33, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 3666 Carnegie Avenue
City: Cleveland
Location: 3666 Carnegie Avenue
Latitude: 41.5006620
Longitude: -81.6613600
Subjects: African Americans, Dayton, Poets

Title: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Caption: Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1900. Josephine Watkins Lehman, known to Dunbar as "Aunt Bam," was the daughter of Dunbar's high school principal and mentor, William Watkins. She is credited with taking this photograph. Dunbar is acknowledged as the first significant African American poet. He was born the son of former slaves, and his mother instilled in him a love of poetry. He died of tuberculosis on February 9, 1906 (AL03381).