NOT THEY WHO SOAR
I want to introduce you to Paul L. Dunbar’s poem titled, “Not They Who Soar.” The poem was first published in 1895. Paul Dunbar was the first African American to gain a reputation as a poet. Paul Lawrence Dunbar was the first important African American Poet in American Literature and the first poet to write to both a black and white audience. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio on June 27, 1872, to Joshua and Matilda Murphy Dunbar, both natives of Kentucky. His mother was a former slave and his father escaped from slavery and served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and in the 5th Massachusetts Colored Calvary Regiment during the Civil War.
Paul Laurence Dunbar stands out as the first
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