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   Dunbar High School, high school in Washington, D.C., that was the first Black public high school in the United States. Since it opened in 1870, it has educated many notable figures, including surgeon Charles Richard Drew, jurist William Henry Hastie, Jr., and writer Jean Toomer.

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3. www.dunbarhsdc.orgHome - Dunbar High School

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   In the first half of the twentieth century, Washington D.C’s Dunbar High was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law and existing at the mercy of racist congressmen who held the school’s purse strings.

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4. www.creators.com › read › thomas-sowellDunbar High School After 100 Years - Creators Syndicate

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   Oct 4, 2016 · One hundred years ago, on October 2, 1916, a new public high school building for black youngsters was opened in Washington, D.C. and named for black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Its history...

5. www.usnews.com › dunbar-high-school-4642Dunbar High School in Washington, DC - US News Best High Schools

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   Dunbar High School is ranked #10,801 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college.

   • Location: 101 N St. Nw, Washington, 20001, DC

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   Jul 29, 2013 · The nation's first black public high school, Paul Laurence Dunbar High, opened its doors in Washington, D.C., in 1870. But more than 140 years later, Dunbar — like many urban schools — has ...

7. profiles.dcps.dc.gov › Dunbar+High+SchoolDunbar High School - Washington, D.C.

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   Dunbar High School. English. TIP» Roll over the words for more information. OVERVIEW. Our mission is to provide an all-inclusive instructional program for students that fosters maximum academic achievement, enabling them to enjoy lifelong learning while becoming productive citizens.

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   What is Dunbar High School known for?

   • Dunbar High School, high school in Washington, D.C., that was the first Black public high school in the United States. Since it opened in 1870, it has educated many notable figures, including surgeon Charles Richard Drew, jurist William Henry Hastie, Jr., and writer Jean Toomer.

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   Was Dunbar America's first black public high school?

   • “These free blacks had been in Washington, DC, as long as there had been a Washington, DC,” the journalist Alison Stewart wrote in her book First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School (2013). Under Syphax’s leadership, the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth, which would become Dunbar, was opened in 1870.

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   What happened to Dunbar High School?

   • Board of Education decision. The nation's first black public high school, Paul Laurence Dunbar High, opened its doors in Washington, D.C., in 1870. But more than 140 years later, Dunbar — like many urban schools — has fallen on hard times.

   In Nation's First Black Public High School, A Blueprint For Reform

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   Is Dunbar a prison?

   • The nation's first black public high school, Paul Laurence Dunbar High, opened its doors in Washington, D.C., in 1870. But more than 140 years later, Dunbar — like many urban schools — has fallen on hard times. The crumbling, brutalist-style building is often described as a prison, and graduation rates hover around 60 percent.

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   Is Dunbar High School a minority school?

   • The total minority enrollment is 100%. Dunbar High School is 1 of 20 high schools in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Dunbar High School is ranked #10,801 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college.

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   When did Dunbar High School open?

   • Dunbar High School Dunbar High School, 1917. The school moved to another new building in 1916, and it opened that fall with 1,117 students. The new school was named after Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black poet who had died of complications from tuberculosis in 1906.

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9. repository.library.georgetown.edu › handle › 10822THE STORY OF DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL: HOW STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST ...

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   Dunbar High School is the first public high school for black children in the United States and the first public high school in Washington, D.C. The school was founded in 1870, as the Preparatory High School for colored youth; and was also the first public high school in Washington, D.C.