Recognition
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February 11th, 2022
State Rep. Willis Blackshear Jr. joined others Friday to unveil the artwork for the proposed Paul Laurence Dunbar commemorative license plate at the historic site of the poet's house in Dayton. (Dayton 24/7 Now photo)
Feature 1
Alfred Taylor created the artwork for the plate. He called it a pleasure to make.
"One of the biggest issues I found I didn't want to take a lot of time speaking about, but it was one of the only challenges I found with the design," Taylor said. "As you know, in the early 19th century there wasn't a lot of color photography and it was a unique challenge to find a color palette that could represent our poet well and the African American community well."