Negro Life in Washington
New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, January 13, 1900. First Edition. Very Good. Item #900067
1900 newspaper with an inside-page 1ST PRINTING of the PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR story 'NEGR0 LIFE in WASHINGTON' - #1R-021
This article comprises a complete page of the newspaper and features several illustrations depicting Negro life in Washington, DC at the turn of the last century.
Perfect for framing and display!
“Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who were enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper, and served as president of his high school's literary society.
Dunbar's popularity increased rapidly after his work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associated with Harper's Weekly. Dunbar became one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation.
In addition to his poems, short stories, and novels, he also wrote the lyrics for the musical comedy In Dahomey (1903), the first all-African-American musical produced on Broadway in New York. The musical later toured in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Suffering from tuberculosis, which then had no cure, Dunbar died in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 33.Much of Dunbar's more popular work in his lifetime was written in the "Negro dialect" associated with the antebellum South, though he also used the Midwestern regional dialect of James Whitcomb Riley.
Dunbar also wrote in conventional English in other poetry and novels. Since the late 20th century, scholars have become more interested in these other works." - Wiki.
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