Fine arts students welcome jazz singer Oct 16, 2008
Gage helped reinforce the students lessons on the Harlem Renaissance by reciting period poetry from such writers as Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar. She also spoke about the history of the Harlem Renaissance and performed songs by legendary performers Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. (Florida Today)
11 Facebook Applications That Were Built to Fail Sep 10, 2008
Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School in Washington, D.C., is one of the worst schools in one of the worst school districts in America. "The mentality of excellence? We wish we could have that," said principal Harriett Kargbo, as we toured the school one morning in May. (FastCompany)
Patterns of Black Excellence Aug 13, 2008
Washington's Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School is one black school that Sowell writes about ... By the way, out of respect for these two great Americans, Frederick Douglass and Paul Laurence Dunbar, the two schools should be renamed Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton High. (Townhall.com)
New black history museum in Little Rock Aug 6, 2008
The center will include exhibits on the history of blacks in Arkansas, the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, the Mosaic Templars, the life of sculptor Isaac Scott Hathaway, and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Little Rock. When the headquarters was built in 1913, Booker T. Washington delivered the dedication speech to an audience of 2,100 black and white people, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
School of Arts ready to go Aug 5, 2008
Finishing her tea, she gives a dramatic reading of a short poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It's about an angel ending a long night and ushering in the light of day. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Honoring Black Cinema Jul 17, 2008
"The Sport of the Gods," the poster proclaims, is based on a book by Paul Laurence Dunbar, "America's greatest race poet," and it adds that the film has "an all-star cast of colored artists.". Other posters in the set of 42-cent stamps are. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Head Coach Stephanie Dragan Adds Two More Signees to 2008 Signing Class Jul 2, 2008
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After slavery, new system recreates old torments Jun 22, 2008
Paying more attention to the considerable presence of involuntary servitude in African-American literature and intellectual history, reaching back to Charles Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar, would have helped - though Blackmon does mention W.E.B. Du Bois's 1911 novel, "The Quest of the Silver Fleece.". Nonetheless, the book vividly and engagingly recalls the horror and sheer magnitude of such neo-slavery and reminds us how long after emancipation such practices persisted. (Boston Globe)
Contest winners are full of questions May 21, 2008
The inquisitors are third-graders Taylor Cheatham and Itzany Mendez, and fifth-grader Brian Varela from Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School ... "This is such a wonderful opportunity," says Helen Rentz, a third-grade teacher at Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School. (AZCentral -- News)
2008 Piney Awards Revealed May 3, 2008
" The Pinecrest High School graduate grew up hearing the stories of his parents, and maternal grandmother, Elnora Leak Capel. His grandmother was particularly fond of the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. When Capel came back from Howard University and started working with his father, the old tales resurfaced as Felton Capel shared the stories of his youth, often using "creek talk," which was a term used to describe the dialect from the Windblow area in Montgomery County, where he had grown up.... (The Pilot Newspaper)
Time to rhyme Apr 14, 2008
Those who can't come up with their own selection can download a poem from the academy's website, choosing among works by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Shakespeare. Or there's Sara Teasdale's yearning "I am Not Yours," which begins. (Boston Globe)
WBB | A resilient leader: C. Vivian Stringer willed Rutgers through controversy. Now recruits are rewarding that camaraderie Feb 28, 2008
She was a junior playing basketball for Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, Texas, and Piscataway, N.J., couldn't have been any further from her mind. She would almost certainly suit up for Baylor when her college career began, not far from her home. (Daily Orange, NY)
Varsity Wraps-Up the World's Largest High School Cheerleading Championship Feb 11, 2008
The 2008 winners were: Super Varsity: Bob Jones High School - Madison, AL Large Varsity: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - Lexington, KY Medium Varsity: Westview High School - Martin, TN Small Varsity: Kamehameha-Kapalama School - Honolulu, HI Large Varsity Non Building: Carlisle High School - Carlisle, OH Small Varsity Non Building: Centerville High School - Centerville, OH Non Varsity Non Building: Satsuma High School - Satsuma, AL Large Varsity Coed: Sun Prairie High School - Sun Prairie, WI... (PR Newswire)
Oxford Students Recite Poetry to Reach State Competition Feb 6, 2008
Popular choices were "It Couldn't Be Done," by Edgar Guest, "If," by Rudyard Kipling and "The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. They then spent a couple of weeks learning the verses and practicing them in front of family and friends and occasionally in front of a mirror. (Voices, CT)
Museum of Oppression returns to Eastern Illinois University Jan 29, 2008
At 7 p.m. today is the reading of the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem, We Wear The Mask. After the reading, the stage will be opened to the public to share their own related poems, music, or short stories. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
To honor MLK, singers raise the roof at Jordan Hall Jan 23, 2008
The atmosphere was somber as the BCC debuted a new work, "Dreams," which transcribed the words of African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar into a hard, staccato choral piece accompanied by piano. More traditional devotional songs had elements of Southern spirituals and European baroque and were backed at various points by a band, horn and string sections, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's principal harpist, Ann Hobson Pilot. (Boston Globe)
Martin Luther King Day events Jan 20, 2008
BUTLER: Reese Fleeger, a sophomore at Thiel College, is the keynote speaker during the Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center's community breakfast. The breakfast will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Butler YMCA, 120 W. Cunningham St. Tickets cost $5 and are available at the YMCA. Call 724-287-5709. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Grasmick under fire but still on the go Dec 23, 2007
Just before 8 a.m. on a windy morning, Nancy S. Grasmick strides across a parking lot toward the doors of the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Baltimore, her black coat with fur trim flying and an aide trying to keep up. She's greeted by the principal, Roger Shaw, and with little chit-chat she starts quizzing him on test scores, school renovations, the science curriculum. (SunSpot.net)
Minter picked as city academic chief Dec 12, 2007
And Roger Shaw, principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High, is the new executive director of secondary schools. The board approved the applications of two new charter schools to open in 2008: a middle school with a health focus and a Montessori elementary school. (SunSpot.net)
Man who e-mail nude photos to minor surrenders license Nov 17, 2007
The board says Jackson acknowledged sending the photos to a 17-year-old girl who attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. . (WKRC.com, OH)
Friday Night Lights Oct 29, 2007
Trinity The Shamrocks routed nonconference foe Lexington Paul Laurence Dunbar, 41-7. Nathan Dutton caught 11 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns to lead Trinity (7-2). (Bucknuts.com)
Marching Knights fall short of making it to state finals Oct 24, 2007
"The group will get one more chance to compete at the Bands of America competition in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3.According to Marks, the band is going to leave it all out on the field during that performance."(Coach Ervin) wants that to be our best run," she said.The Bands of America Grand National Championships is recognized as the premier marching band event in the nation. Ninety bands from across America will participate, 30 bands will advance to the semi-finals and 12 bands will advance to... (Lebanon Enterprise, KY)
PSC postpones hearing on Central Kentucky water pipeline proposals Sep 6, 2007
Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 1600 Man O'War Blvd., Lexington, Ky. Thursday, Sept. 13, at 5 p.m. at the Kentucky Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Blvd., Frankfort, Ky. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Rape could spur rebuilding of Dunbar Aug 12, 2007
Named for the black poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar, the segregated housing project was built on the coastal ridge overlooking the city. Many of the area's successful black residents grew up in or near Dunbar Village. (The Palm Beach Post)
Waxing poetic on horrible lyrics, covers Aug 6, 2007
The use of dialect cements his name in the tradition of Mark Twain, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Walker. "Yellow bone chirping me; she trying to see where I'm going to be/You going to let me get up in your mouth - well, that's where I'm going to be.". (The Daily Texan, TX)
Are some Bearcats on dope? Aug 2, 2007
As a principal and assistant principal at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Woodyard presided over that school s drug-testing program for all athletes, which was paid for through the booster clubs for each sport. Woodyard said Anderson has looked at testing its athletes in the past, but that the school did not have enough funds in its own budget to begin testing. (Lawrenceburg Anderson News, KY)
Schools seek $25 million for repairs Jun 21, 2007
Scroggins said major overhauls totaling about $28 million are set to begin at Paul Laurence Dunbar and Carver high schools. About $28 million has been earmarked for upgrades set for schools receiving students from seven schools closed by the city school board in February. (SunSpot.net)
Rage emerges in city as family mourns a son Jun 15, 2007
Family members talked about how Maurice loved math and had just started becoming interested in English as a ninth-grader at Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School. He was tall, almost 6 foot 6, and hoped to be an architect, said Jenkins, who works at Sinai Hospital. (SunSpot.net)
Kids, parents angry over canceled trips May 23, 2007
So Whitney's school, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle in East Baltimore, has called off long-awaited trips to two amusement parks and a beach -- three months after it started collecting money from kids who planned to go. "I feel like my child is being punished, and you're not saying why," said Whitney's mother, Lisa Wilburn, who had arranged to take a day off work to chaperone the trip to. (SunSpot.net)
Community Calendar April 26-May 3 May 1, 2007
Library to host dramatic sketches BERWYN -- "Lyrics of Love ter," dramatic sketches of dialect poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar, performed by the actors of Coatesville Cultural Society, will be performed at Easttown Library mation Center, 720 First Ave., Berwyn, Sunday, May 6, 2-3 p.m. Advance registration is suggested. The program is sponsored in part by an Arts and Humanities grant from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. (Wayne Suburban Newspapers, PA)
Small packages Mar 11, 2007
Green day poetry Irish-Americans from New England play a prominent role in "The Book of Irish American Poetry: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present," but editor Daniel Tobin also features poets of other ethnicities, such as African-American Paul Laurence Dunbar , who paid homage to John Boyle O'Reilly for memorializing Crispus Attucks, a black sailor who died in the 1770 Boston Massacre. A dozen Irish-American poets will join Tobin, an Emerson faculty member, on St. Patrick's Day to... (Boston Globe)
Sweeping overhaul OK'd for schools Feb 28, 2007
The Hayes building will remain open for two more years and be used for swing space during the renovation of adjacent Paul Laurence Dunbar High. Close the Dr. Lillie M. Jackson special education facility this summer. (SunSpot.net)
Students offer varied opinions in debate over Ludacris' lyrics Feb 18, 2007
"It's not Ludacris' fault that in order to appeal to an audience, he has to swear like a sailor and treat women like dirt. That's just the way of life for some people. And while I do find his lyrics somewhat disturbing, I can't help but admire the man for taking some aspects of life throughout the years for his songs and their lyrics. ... Turn on any radio station, and there he is. Turn to any awards show, from the Grammys to the Oscars, and Ludacris is rocking the red carpet in his unique... (Kentucky.com, KY -- Entertainment)
Remembering the past Feb 10, 2007
" Those colonists needed to find laborers, and so they went to Asia to use "the yellow man," Jones said. But Asians were not acceptable labor and so John Hawkins turned to Africa. The Englishman first asked permission from Queen Elizabeth to take blacks from Africa and sell them in the Americas. To sell his idea, Hawkins told the queen blacks would be civilized and Christianized in the Americas, while in Africa, they were savages. Under these pretenses, Jones said, Queen Elizabeth signed a... (The Hawk Eye)
Mark Story: Bryan Station finally plays at home Feb 3, 2007
Joseph Rey Au The Bryan Station boys basketball team defeated Paul Laurence Dunbar in the first game in its home gym after 85 road games ... It didn't, pulling away late for an 81-66 win over city foe Paul Laurence Dunbar. (Kentucky.com, KY -- Sports)
A couple's effort keeps youth safe Jan 22, 2007
Five schools with middle grades take part: Harford Heights, City Springs, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Lombard and Canton. The names of students whose parent or parents agree to participate are placed in a hat, and about once a week, five or so names are pulled. (SunSpot.net)
Civil rights movement highlighted in King tribute Jan 14, 2007
The Rev. Phillip Conyers Jr., pastor of Oak Hill Christian Church, will speak at the breakfast hosted by the Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center and the Butler YWCA from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Butler YWCA, 120 W. Cunningham St. For information, call 724-287-5709. $599,000 $255,000 $495,000 $214,900 $339,900. (Yahoo News -- African Americans)
