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PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AFRO AMERICAN WRITERS. HAVING SUCCUMBED AT AN EARLY AGE AS A RESULTS OF TUBERCULOSIS WHICH WAS UNTREATABLE AT THAT TIME, HE WAS DUBBED 'THE NEGRO GENIUS' BY THE NOTED PROFESSIOR, BENJAMIN BRAWLEY. PAUL'S WRITINGS HAS INFLUENCED MANY OF THE WELL KNOWN POETS OF TODAY INCLUDING MAYA ANGELOU WHO WAS NO DOUBT INSPIRED TO  ENTITLE HER WELL READ BIOGRAPHY AND POETRY PIECE ' I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS' AS A RESULTS OF APPRECIATING DUNBAR'S PROLIFIC AND UNFORGETTABLE WORK 'SYMPATHY'.  

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE LIFE AND WORKS OF PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR SEE THE LINKS BELOW;

https://www.nps.gov/people/paul-laurence-dunbar.htm

https://poets.org/poem/sympathy

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