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Unsung Heroes

by Elizabeth Ross HAYNES (1883 - 1953)

Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 1

This book consists of 17 biographies of remarkable men and women who, in 1921, were "unsung." Some of them are now pretty well known while others are still, sadly, rather unrecognized. Written by Elizabeth Ross Haynes (herself a African American activist and social worker in the first half of the 20th century), her heroes include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Laurence Dunbar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Alexandre Dumas, and many others. - Summary by kathrinee

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Listen next episodes of Unsung Heroes:
Alexander Crummell , Alexander Sergyeyevich Pushkin , Alexandre Dumas , Benjamin Banneker , Blanche Kelso Bruce , Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 1 , Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 2 , Crispus Attucks , Harriet Tubman , John Mercer Langston , Josiah Henson , Paul Cuffé , Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 2 , Phillis Wheatley , Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 1 , Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 2 , Sojourner Truth , Toussaint L'Ouverture