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Dunbar House

Dunbar House

The Dunbar House exhibits his literary treasures, many of his personal items and his family's furnishings. During his short lifetime Dunbar became known as the poet laureate of African Americans. Drawing on his observations of society and the experience of his parents--both former slaves--he gave voice to the social dilemma of disenfranchised people of his day and became a proclaimer of black dignity. On July 23, 1936, the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American.

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