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Celebrate the sesquicentennial of Paul Laurence Dunbar's birth in 2022
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recitations
1891
August 12 - Dramatic Dunbar
1892
October 18 - Words and Music
1893
March 15 - Enrichment in Richmond
1893
March 22 - The Black Patti
1893
April 19 - Paul Gets a Makeover
1893
June 12 - Join the Club
1893
June 18 - An Unpaid Appearance
1893
October 23 - Making a Name for Himself in Chicago
1894
November 26 - A Fan in the Bluegrass State
1895
May 11 - Temporarily a Hoosier
1895
June 20 - Paul Goes to Wilberforce
1895
June 25 - The Birth of Malindy
1895
July 7 - Summer at the Lakeside
1895
July 11 - Back Home Again in Indiana
1896
March 11 - In the Hoosier State
1896
August 27 - Big News from a Small State
1896
October 15 - Feeling Capital in the Capital
1896
December 15 - Traveling for a Good Cause
1897
February 28 - Mister Dunbar, I Presume?
1897
March 8 - In Royal Halls
1897
April 14 - Soothing the Savage Club
1897
May 22 - A Case of Bad Timing
1897
June 22 - An Ohioan Overseas
1897
September 2 - Working Hard in the East
1897
September 14 - A Squeaky Wheel Gets Some Grease
1897
November 17 - The Philadelphia Yarn
1897
November 24 - Literary and Musical Collaborators
1897
December 11 - Next Stop, Philadelphia
1897
December 29 - Punctuality and Mortality
1898
January 24 - Boston Can Wait
1898
January 31 - The Show Must Go On
1898
February 11 - A Day of Anticipation
1898
March 16 - Secrets: His and Hers
1898
May 17 - Paul Goes to Seminary
1898
August 16 - Parted
1898
August 31 - An Invitation Declined
1898
October 14 - The Voice of the Poet
1898
October 26 - Checking Out of the Library
1898
November 1 - Career Change
1898
November 6 - Graduate Studies Program
1898
December 6 - A Red Letter Success
1898
December 7 - The Island of Fame
1898
December 16 - On the Road Again
1898
December 30 - He Really Is Uncalled
1899
January 6 - So Far Away
1899
February 13 - We Must Write Like White Men
1899
February 22 - Zero Dollars a Day, Plus Expenses
1899
March 3 - Southern Hospitality
1899
April 18 - The Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
1899
May 15 - Twin Cities No Show
1899
August 29 - Case Dismissed
1900
January 30 - Way out West
1900
February 27 - Homebound and Snowbound
1900
March 19 - Recuperation and Recitation
1900
May 10 - A Double Dose of Dunbar
1900
May 14 - A Return to Toledo
1900
June 11 - The Singer's Soulful Art
1900
September 19 - Relief Effort
1900
October 4 - The Reverend Dunbar
1900
October 19 - Under the Influence
1900
November 2 - A Talented Violinist
1901
March 18 - $35,000 in One Night
1901
April 8 - A Dangerous Prescription
1901
May 24 - Just a Normal Day
1901
June 4 - Somebody Owes Paul $6.25
1901
October 1 - The Final Page
1902
May 16 - The Recital That Wasn't
1902
November 14 - An Open Door Hospital
1903
January 23 - Kansas, Missouri and Points West
1903
November 9 - The Show Must Go On -- Later
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