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First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School
By Stewart, Alison
- ISBN
- 9781613740095
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill
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Starred Review on July 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
Since before the Civil War, Washington, DC, has been home to a thriving black middle-class community, so it's of little surprise that the city was the location of the nation's first black public high school: the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth, later renamed Dunbar. Veteran journalist Stewart, the daughter of two Dunbar grads, tackles the history of this significant institution in a book filled with juicy quotati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
