Paul Dunbar was a man who was a poet, a novelist, and a speaker. He was the first African American writer to earn an international audience. He was born on june 27, 1872 in Dayton Ohio. His parents were freed slaves by the names of Matilda and Joshua Dunbar. Soon after he was born his parents split up but he still had a close bond with both his mother and father. When dunbar was four his mother taught him how to read. Then at the age of six he started to read and recite poems. In 1886 for high school, he attended Dayton Central High School and he was the only African American in his class. Paul became popular with the students and he was then made class president and poet. He was a editor in a few newspapers throughout his high school
