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@cfwaters @nysoclib https://t.co/4zSccr4Dkk The school is Paul Laurence Dunbar (no mistaking!). And I'm not sure if you can open the newspaper article but it includes a cultural hall about to open that was named "Oak and Ivy" for D's first collection.
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From the @librarycongress collection: First and only edition of the very scarce first book by African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. He published “Oak and Ivy” at at the age of 21 at his own expense and attracted the attention of Frederick Douglass. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/5eqhWNGcjW