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daytoncvb.com | 800.221.8235 DAYTON, The Birthplace of Aviation & So Much More Welcomes YOU! • $40 Million renovation of the ASM Global managed 150,000 sq. ft. Dayton Convention Center • Dayton is home to Wilbur and Orville Wright, and their friend Paul Laurence Dunbar • Dayton is within a one day drive of 60% of the U.S. population • Dayton International Airport, easy in and out, served by major carriers • 7,000 hotel rooms • Free Dayton CVB Services for meeting planners • In Dayton your group gets the attention you deserve! Contact Crystal Walker, DMin, CMP Fellow, CHSP, CFMP Director of Sales & Services cwalker@daytoncvb.net 937-226-3162 Birthplace and Home to Paul Laurence Dunbar, the world's 昀rst critically acclaimed African American poet and writer. Home to internationally acclaimed DCDC—Dayton Contemporary Dance Company— rooted in the African American experience. B M & T ••• May/June 2023 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 61 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOUSE HISTORIC SITE T he Paul Laurence Dunbar House was the 1904-1906 home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio. It is a historic house museum owned by the state of Ohio and operated by Dayton History on behalf of the Ohio Historical Society; it is also part of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet and author who was best known in his lifetime for his dialect work and his use of metaphor and rhet- oric, often in a conversational style. In his short career he produced twelve books of poetry, four novels, four books of short stories, and wrote the lyrics to many popular songs. Dunbar became the first African American to support himself financially through his writing. Dunbar purchased this house for his mother in 1904, and he lived there with her until his death from tuberculosis in 1906. In rapidly failing health, Dunbar con- tinued to write, and he completed his last works in the house. The Dunbar House appears today much as it did at the time of the poet's death. Explore Paul Laurence Dunbar's home, which still includes many original furnishings. Dunbar was the first African-American poet to gain international recognition. The house and interpretive center contain his original Remington typewriter, a bicycle - given to him by the Wright Brothers - and more pieces from the writer's life.