"There is no rebel like Nature. She is an iconoclast."
The Uncalled, VI (p. 57)
American poet, novelist, and short story writer Paul Laurence Dunbar was born #OTD in 1872.
Dunbar is best known for his dialect poetry, which employs the vernacular speech of African Americans. Collections like "Lyrics of Lowly Life" & "Lyrics of the Hearthside" feature poems that reflect the everyday life and struggles of African Americans.
Paul Laurence Dunbar at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6269