Before you had even seen the place, what was the image of Dunbar that existed in your mind? The names listed below are alumni who have been searched for on this site from Dunbar High Schoolin Lynchburg, Virginia . The 9th grade Academy and the Twilight Academy commenced at the start of the 2011 school year. STEWARTAnd voting power. The Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Convocation & Alumni Federation (DAF) is the effort for the 2000 decade. She had to learn to shoot a gun, but she set up a school. I mean, there are so many people I interviewed. We've got to take a short break. So they could go into the school system and teach further. The corporation works in partnership with the leadership and faculty of the school to create better futures for Dunbar students and graduates. She did not want to have trades in the school. STEWARTThe school is beautiful, the new school, and I know the building's important, but it's really about the human capital, because that's what made Dunbar great. She's a journalist who during the past several decades has worked for NPR, PBS, MSNBC and MTV. I'm Kojo Nnamdi. I have everything I ever -- my whole life is because of them, all the good things in my life. Thank you very much for your call, Janie. Welcome to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Dayton, OH Alumni Association. JANIEAnd the one thing, if I could add, that the teachers at Dunbar -- I am a proud D.C. public school graduate. Praise we sing to thee, dear Dunbar, Love for the white and blue. STEWARTThere were kids in the hall. History JACKI mean, there truly was a rainbow situation. Roy Logan Abner. NNAMDIAnd, Keith, that's what Mayor Gray had to say about it, but thank you very much for your call. How did the modern version of it live up to the Dunbar that meant something that you had heard about so much? I came to understand what role models they were for me, not just for me and my sister but for everybody they encountered. One of the things I've said to people is my parents both passed away during the writing of this book. Go ahead, please. He really did not profit by his brilliance. NNAMDIEvery little bit counts, Claire. And I can say I honestly saw the range of colors that we all are as African-Americans. ALUMNI Registration. The Kojo Nnamdi Show on NPR's WAMU 88.5 did a segment this week on Dunbar High School, exploring the legacy of the celeb Centrally, it calls for creating smaller learning communities wherein Dunbar can once again be the leading academic environment producing outstanding educators, engineers, scientists, doctors, and other leaders in the community. STEWARTThank you. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. NNAMDIIt's my understanding that you were at the ribbon cutting for the new Dunbar, the First and N facility, a state-of-the-art facility. By the time he released his debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, he had. Benjamin Hungate Anderson. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Dunbar High School. Because there's a historical context that's important to understand. Iola Baylor, coach and high school athletic director DAF is a non-profit 501c3 charitable and educational corporation organized in 2002. My grandfather was a grad of M Street and became a Colonel in the Army and was the highest ranking black in the military for many years, and also was involved in integrating the Armed Forces, and that's probably why he never got a star, because that was back in the day. A. Birch Jr. Mel Boozer James E. Bowman Dunbar High School (1923-1967) | Lexington Public Library