Dunbar School (Phoenix, Arizona)

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Dunbar Elementary School
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Dunbar School (Phoenix, Arizona)
707 W. Grant St., Phoenix, Arizona
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Other nameDunbar School
Paul Dunbar Lawrence School [1]
Paul Laurence Dunbar School [2]
School district Phoenix Elementary School District
NCES District ID 0406300 [3]
NCES School ID 040630000520 [1]
PrincipalGina Millsaps
Grades PK–8 [1]
Dunbar School
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Location707 W. Grant St., Phoenix, Arizona
Coordinates 33°26′26″N112°05′04″W / 33.440443°N 112.084408°W / 33.440443; -112.084408
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectFitzhugh & Byron
Architectural style Second Renaissance Revival [4]
NRHP reference No. 93000740
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 1993

Dunbar Elementary School (Also known as Dunbar School) is an elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona that was once segregated.

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History

Dunbar School was one of the first elementary school built by Phoenix Elementary School District specifically for African-American students. [4] It is named after poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. [2] [5]

While officials with the Dunbar School has labeled the school as a "historically Black school" during the era of segregation, [5] contemporary sources have described the school as a segregated school during the era. [2] [6] At the time, segregation was optional for high schools in Arizona, but mandatory for elementary schools. [7] The school, along with Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, were the three segregated elementary schools in Phoenix. [6]

By 1925, the school outgrew its two classrooms, and parents of those who attended the school depaded a new school, resulting in the construction of a one-story brick building. [2] The school's construction was funded with monies from a $650,000 bond issue that passed in 1924. [4]

Now, the school, like all schools in the United States following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, is operated as an integrated institution.[ citation needed ]

The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, [4] and was added to the City of Phoenix's Historic Property Register in 2005. [8]

Student population

In the 2014–2015 school year, the school had a student population of 304, with an overwhelming majority of the students either classified as "Hispanics" [9] or African Americans. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Paul Dunbar Laurence School (040630000520)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Creno, Cathryn (1 July 2014). "17 historic schools in metro Phoenix". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Phoenix Elementary District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet for Dunbar School". National Register of Historic Places . 1993. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Black History Month at Dunbar School". Dunbar Elementary School. Phoenix Elementary School District. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Staff Report: Z-72-16-8" (PDF). City of Phoenix. 10 November 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Finn, Elizabeth (July 1998). "The Struggle for Civil Rights in Arizona". State Bar of Arizona. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018. At mid-century, state law mandated segregation in the elementary schools but made it optional in the high schools.
  8. ↑ "Phoenix Historic Property Register" (PDF). City of Phoenix. May 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. ↑ See Hispanic–Latino naming dispute for details of an ongoing dispute on the naming of US inhabitants who are of Latin American or Spanish origin.
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