Linear live streaming: Yes Local underwriting restrictions: Media Manager: General streaming: Yes General streaming start: 02/01/2025 General streaming end: 04/01/2025 General streaming Geo availability: US, US Territories, Canada Passport: Yes Will this be in Passport using EPiC? No Passport start: 02/01/2025 Passport end: 03/01/2028 Passport Geo availability: US, US Territories, Canada Attach file(s) to this catalog record (Stores assets in Backblaze, presents them in the "Assets" block on the APTonline.org Program Catalog page) No extra assets provided Open the Program Catalog page on APTonline.org (This opens the link on beta.aptonline.org) PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: BEYOND THE MASK | American Public Television


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The documentary PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: BEYOND THE MASK explores the life and legacy of the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer. Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) is best remembered for his poem "We Wear the Mask" and for lines from "Sympathy," which inspired the title of Maya Angelou's famous autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Dunbar's story mirrors the African American experience around the turn of the century. Referred to by abolitionist Frederick Douglass as "The most promising young colored man in America," Dunbar also wrote short stories, novels, and widely published essays critical of Jim Crow laws, lynching, and what was commonly called "The Negro Problem." Drawing richly on archival photographs, letters and newspaper articles, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: BEYOND THE MASK chronicles the short but remarkable life and career of the influential poet and writer.

DISTRIBUTOR: American Public Television
APT PROGRAM SERVICE: Exchange
PRODUCER: Frederick Lewis
PRESENTER: WOUB

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Contract period: 02/01/2025-03/01/2028
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