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County: Fayette

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 1922-1967

Marker Number: 

2538

Location: 

545 N. Upper, Lexington

The first school for black Kentuckians to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. One of only eight public high schools in the thirteen southern states to secure this standing in 1930.

Presented by the Dunbar Alumni Association

Dedicated on April 20, 2018.

For more information see ExploreKYHistory: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

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