Paul Laurence Dunbar poses with his classmates at Dayton Central High School in 1890. Orville Wright (back row, center) was one of Dunbar's classmates.

During high school his first published work “Our Martyred Soldiers,” a poem about Memorial Day, appeared in the pages of the Dayton Herald. Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first internationally ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A year’s worth of events and celebrations are planned to mark 150 years since Paul Laurence Dunbar was born. The historic Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where he lived the ...

DAYTON – Paul Laurence Dunbar wasn’t the most famous member of the Dayton Central High School Class of 1890. But he left as big a mark on the world, in his own way, as did his classmate ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Dayton Public Schools student waiting to catch a bus was shot and killed Friday morning near a busy transit hub in downtown Dayton. Alfred Hale, 18, a senior at Dunbar… ...

MASSILLON − Ohio-born poet Paul Laurence Dunbar will be in the spotlight on Feb. 23. Dunbar, a Dayton native, is legendary in ...

The Paul Laurence Dunbar High School flag will be hoisted over the gravesite followed by a public program. Organizers hope the flag raising becomes a nationwide event for schools named after Dunbar.

MASSILLON − Ohio-born poet Paul Laurence Dunbar will be in the spotlight on Feb. 23. Dunbar, a Dayton native, is legendary in the poetry community, hailed by event organizers as "your favorite ...

The city of Dayton is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of one of its native sons. Poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar died of tuberculosis on February 9th, 1906. Befriended by the Wright ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906.. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of ...

Dayton Public Schools is mourning the death of a high school student. Qua’Lek Shelton, 15, a freshman at Paul Laurence Dunbar Early College High School, died Tuesday, the Montgomery County ...