Dunbar High School, Washington DC in 1917
This file appears in: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1916-1977)
This file appears in: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1916-1977)
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1916-1977)
Founded in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth in the basement of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, the school became the country's first public high school for African Americans. By 1891, the school became known as M Street…