September 10, 2014
On September 6, 2014 at Dunbar Park, 200 E. 31st St., a six-foot statue of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the park’s namesake and one of the first critically acclaimed and nationally recognized African American writers and poets in the United States, was unveiled.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Statue Unveiled at Dunbar Park
The creation of the statue was commissioned by the Chicago Park District and The Friends of Dunbar Park (TFDP).