LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Strengthened the African American’s place in the world of literature
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Perpetuated stereotypes
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Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences
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Showed that African Americans couldn’t speak properly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dunbar was the only black student in his graduating class at Central High School in Dayton. (Airplane co-inventor Orville Wright was a classmate.) Sci said teachers recognized Dunbar’s talents and pushed him to pursue his passion for writing. He edited his school’s newspaper and was president of its literary society.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dunbar was inspired by his mother, and he began reciting and writing poetry as early as age six. Dunbar was the only African-American in his class at Dayton Central High, and while he often had difficulty finding employment because of his race, he rose to great heights in school.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872 to two formerly enslaved people from Kentucky. He became one of the first influential Black poets in American literature, and was internationally acclaimed for his dialectic verse in collections such as Majors and Minors (1895) and Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896).
Detailed explanation-4: -Ebonics, also called African American Vernacular English (AAVE), formerly Black English Vernacular (BEV), dialect of American English spoken by a large proportion of African Americans.