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Paul Laurence Dunbar: An American Poet

Dayton, OH 1903. A world renowned poet delivers the verse, "I know why the caged bird sings."

  • 2021
  • 10m
  • 7.0/10

40 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, America had yet to reach her promise to all citizens. So the day had come, when a prolific writer and poet called to the world. He reminded us all that we ought not lack our most sacred virtues...compassion and sympathy.