Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)
The school is located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, two blocks from the intersection of New Jersey and New York avenues.When its location was changed from M Street, the school was renamed in 1916 for the noted African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, who died in 1906."[10]Since its inception, the school has graduated many well-known figures of the 20th century, including Sterling Brown, H. Naylor Fitzhugh, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Charles R. Drew, William H. Hastie, Charles Hamilton Houston, Robert Heberton Terrell, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., Jean Toomer, Paul Capel, III, Robert C. Weaver, and James E. Bowman.Its illustrious faculty included Anna Julia Cooper, Kelly Miller, Mary Church Terrell, A.Among its principals were Anna J. Cooper, Richard Greener, Mary Jane Patterson, and Robert Heberton Terrell.An unusual number of teachers and principals held Ph.D. degrees, including historian Carter G. Woodson, the second African American to earn a PhD from Harvard (after W. E. B.
Washington, D.C.CoordinatesPublichigh schoolDistrict of Columbia State Board of EducationDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsGrade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 12NicknameTruxton CircleMary Jane PattersonWilliam SyphaxM Street High SchoolPaul Laurence DunbarSnowden AshfordPaul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolBaltimore, MarylandFort Worth, TexasAfrican-AmericanLexington, KentuckyHarvard CollegeThomas SowellBrown v. Board of EducationSterling BrownH. Naylor FitzhughNannie Helen BurroughsCharles R. DrewWilliam H. HastieCharles Hamilton HoustonRobert Heberton TerrellBenjamin O. Davis Sr.Jean ToomerRobert C. WeaverJames E. BowmanAnna Julia CooperKelly MillerMary Church TerrellA. A. Birch Jr.Carter G. WoodsonJulia Evangeline BrooksRichard GreenerW. E. B. Du BoisChinatownAfrican AmericanHispanic AmericanAsian AmericanNative AmericanEuropean AmericanErnest AndersonElizabeth CatlettGeorge FaisonEmmy AwarddancerproducerRex GoreleighMay MillerBilly TaylorVantile WhitfieldArrelious BennJacksonville JaguarsNate BusseyJosh CribbsVernon DavisWashington RedskinsVontae DavisMiami DolphinsIndianapolis ColtsBuffalo BillsJohn DurenUtah JazzCornelius GreeneAll-AmericanOhio State UniversityAnthony JonesWil JonesUniversity of the District of ColumbiaTre KelleyBernard RobinsonCraig SheltonMichael SmithMary Burke WashingtonWesley A. BrownFrederic E. DavisonEdward BrookeUnited States SenateLawrence ChambersU.S. Naval AcademyWalter FauntroydelegateU.S. House of RepresentativesDistrict of Columbia's at-large congressional districtVincent C. GrayCouncil of the District of ColumbiaFloretta Dukes McKenzieEleanor Holmes NortonDelegate to CongressClarence M. Pendleton Jr.United States Commission on Civil RightsInez Smith ReidDistrict of Columbia Court of AppealsAntoinette ScottAnnice M. WagnerSickle cell diseaseSterling Allen BrownAllison DavisJohn Aubrey Davis Sr.Enid Cook de RodanicheInstituto Conmemorativo GorgasPanama CityPanamaAmerican Board of Surgerytarget marketingEvelyn Boyd GranvilleRoland JeffersonUnited States National ArboretumDolores KendrickPoet Laureate of the District of ColumbiaMary KennerColbert I. KingEdna Burke JacksonWoodrow Wilson High SchoolOscar James CooperWilliam Montague Cobbphysical anthropologist