Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar
	Dunbar circa 1890
Lahir	27 Juni 1872; Dayton, Ohio, United States
Meninggal	9 Februari 1906 (umur 33); Dayton, Ohio
Sebab meninggal	Tuberculosis
Makam	Woodland Cemetery; Dayton, Ohio
Kebangsaan	American
Pekerjaan	Poet
Suami/istri	Alice Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar (27 Juni 1872 – 9 Februari 1906) adalah penyair, novelis, dan dramawan berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat pada akhir abad ke-19 dan awal abad ke-20. Lahir di Dayton, Ohio, dari orang tua yang mengalami masa pebudakan di Kentucky sebelum Perang Saudara Amerika Serikat, Dunbar memulai menuliskan cerita pendek sejak usia dini dan menempuh pendidikan literasi. Dia memublikasikan puisinya pada usia 16 tahun di surat kabar Dayton.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bibliografi

Folks From Dixie (1898), short story collection^[6]
The Heart of Happy Hollow: A Collection of Stories^[7]
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories (1900).^[7]
The Uncalled (1898), novel, available at the Gutenberg Project
The Love of Landry "was deemed unconvincing in its presentation of white characters and was dismissed as inferior to Dunbar's tales of blacks."^[6]
The Fanatics, "about America at the beginning of the Civil War. Its central characters are from white families who differ in their North-South sympathies and spark a dispute in their Ohio community. The Fanatics was a commercial failure upon publication, and in the ensuing years it has continued to be regarded as a superficial, largely uncompelling work."^[6]
The Sport of the Gods (1902), novel^[7]

"Representative American Negroes", in The Negro Problem, by Booker T. Washington, et al.^[7]

Dunbar's vaudeville song "Who Dat Say Chicken in Dis Crowd?" may have influenced the development of "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say gonna beat dem Saints?", the popular chant associated with the New Orleans Saints football team.^[8]
In the movie Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, the character named Westley Glen 'Ahmal' James mentions Dunbar. Ahmal says to a group of classmates, "We need to exhibit some pride in ourselves, like Paul Laurence Dunbar did, right?" In the subtitles, his middle name is misspelled.
In the 2016 Jim Jarmusch film Paterson, Method Man practices a rap with lyrics alluding to Dunbar.

His home in Dayton, Ohio, has been preserved as Paul Laurence Dunbar House, a state historical site that is included in the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, administered by the National Park Service.^[9]
His residence in LeDroit Park in Washington, DC, still stands.
The library of Wright State University holds many of Dunbar's papers.
In 2002, Molefi Kete Asante listed Paul Laurence Dunbar among his 100 Greatest African Americans.^[10]

Numerous schools and places have been named in honor of Dunbar. These include:

-Lower schools:

Dunbar Creative and Performing Arts Magnet School (Mobile, Alabama)
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland
Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational High School, Chicago, Illinois
Dunbar High Schools (various cities, including Dayton, Ohio; Fort Myers, Florida; and Washington, DC)
Dunbar elementary schools (Atlanta, Georgia; Memphis, Tennessee; and Forest City, Kansas City, Kansas; East St. Louis, Illinois; North Carolina)
Dunbar Middle Schools (Fort Worth, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas)
Dunbar School (Fairmont, West Virginia) elementary, middle, and high school
Paul Laurence Dunbar J.H.S 120/M.S. 301 (Bronx, New York)
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth, Texas; Lexington, Kentucky)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School (Lynchburg, Virginia)

-College buildings:

-Other institutions:

^ Corrothers, James David. In Spite of the Handicap: An Autobiography. George H. Doran Company, 1916, pp. 143-147.
^ Alexander, 17.
^ Alexander, 19.
^ Wagner, 75.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Best, 137.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Paul Laurence Dunbar", Poetry Foundation.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Browse authors: "Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872–1906", Gutenberg Project.
^ Amy Davidson, 'The Strange Case of 'Who Dat,' The New Yorker, February 9, 2010, and Dave Dunbar, "The chant is older than we think", in Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 2010, January 13, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. A1, A10.
^ Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, National Park Service
^ Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-963-8.

Alexander, Eleanor C. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore. New York: New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8147-0696-7.
Best, Felton O. Crossing the Color Line: A Biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1996. ISBN 0-7872-2234-8.
Nettels, Elsa. Language, Race, and Social Class in Howells's America. University Press of Kentucky, 1988. ISBN 0-8131-1629-5.
Wagner, Jean. Black Poets of the United States: From Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes. University of Illinois Press, 1973. ISBN 0-252-00341-1.