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It was named in memory of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a famous African-American poet, who had died twelve years before the school opened. In 1925, it was renamed Dunbar Junior High School, No. 133. In 1940, Dunbar became a high school and awarded its first diploma, the second school for African-Americans in Baltimore to do so. [2]
The Dunbar High School was a segregated public high school for African-American students founded in 1922, and located at 545 North Upper Street in the Northside neighborhood in Lexington. [12] It was named after the 19th century African-American poet and writer, Paul Laurence Dunbar, whose parents were from Kentucky. [13]
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a historically black public secondary school located in Washington, D.C. The school was America's first public high school for black students. The school is located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, two blocks from the intersection of New Jersey and New York avenues.
Dunbar High School Principal Marlon Ball was placed on administrative leave last week. ... who has been hired by Paul Laurence Dunbar Principal Marlon Ball. ... a teacher and member of Dunbar’s ...
Lexington principal Marlon Ball, on administrative leave since November under unusual circumstances, has been notified that his contract as leader of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School will not be ...
The school changed its name to Paul Laurence Dunbar School in 1938 and began adding high school classes in 1953, graduating its first class in 1957. From 1973 to 2005, Dunbar High School's boys basketball team was coached by Robert Hughes , the winningest boys high school basketball coach in US sports [ 3 ] and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall ...
A Fayette County Public Schools investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the former principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School who was placed on leave for months last school year ...
In 1962 a new Dunbar high school was opened and the original building was renamed MacFarlane Elementary after Paul Laurence Dunbar's first principal, Mr. Frederic Charles MacFarlane. [2] MacFarlane later became a middle school, it closed in 2003 and was razed in 2005. [3] [4] [5] Dunbar competes in the Dayton City League.