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DAYTON -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton's son and the nation's famed black poet, died 100 years ago today and was entombed following services Feb. 12 at the Eaker Street (today's Wayman) African Methodist Episcopal Church.
AFTER LIFE'S FITFUL FEVER THE POET SLEEPS, said a Dayton Daily News headline the day of the funeral. The newspaper also published an article the day Dunbar died, with a photo and what was described as Dunbar's last poem, Howdy Honey, Howdy.See the full content of this document
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Celebrating 100 Years
At Woodland Cemetery the frail body, ravaged by tuberculosis, was placed in th...
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