Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is part of

Dayton City Schools Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...

. The school is located in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

, and serves approximately 550 students. The school is named after poet

Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American C ...

, a Dayton native. The school

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About

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is the only historically African-American high school in Dayton. It was created to educate African-American youth and to employ teachers of color. The school originally opened on Summit Street in 1931 and graduated its first class in 1936. In 1962 a new Dunbar high school was opened and the original building was renamed MacFarlane Elementary. MacFarlane later became a middle school, it closed in 2003 and was razed in 2005. Dunbar competes in the

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Notable alumni

* Mark Baker, Dayton Public Schools athletic director, former Ohio State, and NBA basketball player *

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, physicist at the

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* Cornelius Cash, former NBA player *

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, basketball player for

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and 2x champion *

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, former NBA player, in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Na'Shan Goddard, South Carolina and NFL * Johnny Green, former NBA player *

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, basketball player, Memphis and Developmental League *

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, former NFL player *

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, first

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and

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player * Jerry McKee, ABA basketball player * C. J. McLin, Ohio State Representative *

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, Mayor of Dayton * Bernice I. Sumlin, 19th international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha *

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, Ohio State University, first round NFL draft choice for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys

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– 1987, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012 * Boys

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– 1948, 1963, 1964, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 ** Boys Track and Field Runners Up - 1962, 1965, 1970, 1984, 2001, 2011, 2018 * Boys Track & Field Indoor State Champions (OATCCC) - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016,2017,2018 ** Boys Track & Field Indoor State Runner Up (OATCCC) - 2010 ** Boys Track & Field Track Program has produced 18 Track & Field All Americans * Girls

– 1991 * Girls Track & Field State Runner Up - 2000 *Girls Indoor State Runner Up- 2017

References

External links

Dunbar High School Website
* Jessie Scott Hathcock {{authority control High schools in Dayton, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio 1931 establishments in Ohio