<I>When Malindy Sings</I>
National Museum of African American History and Culture

<I>When Malindy Sings</I>

Paul Laurence Dunbar, American, 1872 - 1906 · 1903

ink on paper with cloth
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

“When Malindy Sings” is a poem written in tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s mother, Matilda. This book pairs Dunbar’s dialect poetry with photographs of African Americans captured by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, a group consisting mostly of white faculty members.

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