Paul Laurence Dunbar: An American Poet

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

Synopsis

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.