Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the Ame
Dunbar, circa 1890
1897 sketch by Norman B. Wood
Dunbar grave site at Woodland Cemetery, 2007
Dunbar on 1975 U.S. postage stamp
Wright brothers
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the firs
Paul Laurence Dunbar
…founded in Philadelphia in the early 19th century. Dunbar was the only African-American student during his years at Central High School in Dayton. Orville Wright was a classmate and friend. Well-accepted, he was elected as president of the school's literary society, and became the editor of the school newspaper…
Orville Wright 1905 crop
Wilbur Wright crop
Wright brothers' home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, c. 1900. Wilbur and Orville built the covered wrap-around porch in the 1890s.
The Wright brothers' bicycle at the National Air and Space Museum