Dayton’s first-ever poet laureate is Sierra Leone
The City of Dayton has selected its first-ever poet laureate. Sierra Leona will serve as Dayton’s first poet laureate. Leone is an educator, award-winning ...
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...
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Sierra Leone chosen as Dayton’s first poet laureate, officials announce
Sierra Leone will serve as the first poet laureate for the City of Dayton, officials announced Friday in a media event at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Visitor Center.
19 Black Poets Whose Work Will Move and Inspire You
The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...
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Dayton will announce its first poet laureate this week
A poet laureate is a person appointed by a government who will compose poems presented at special occasions and events. “The City of Dayton’s poet laureate will serve a two-ye ...
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Female Filmmakers In Focus: Zeinabu irene Davis on “Compensation”
For this month’s Female Filmmakers in Focus column, RogerEbert.com spoke to Davis over Zoom about the film’s long journey ...
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Listen today: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends
The Place Where the Rainbow Ends. It’s a poem by prominent African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar that inspired music by ...
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‘Let Freedom Ring’ will celebrate Black History Month, poetry
If Darolyn Brown was a poem, the words flowing across the page would tell the story of a young girl who grew up reading ...
St. Paul Lutheran in Massillon to showcase work of Paul Laurence Dunbar in concert
Concert event Feb. 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Massillon will showcase poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar in Black History ...