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The Forgotten Legacy of Dunbar High School

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What if the greatest school in Black American history was hidden on purpose? Archie Morris III pulls back the curtain on Dunbar High School — a segregated public school in Washington D.C. that sent 80% of its Black graduates to college at a time when most of America said it was impossible — and asks why this blueprint for excellence has been buried for decades. In his groundbreaking book Up from Slavery: An Unfinished Journey, Morris connects the dots between that lost legacy and the crisis failing our schools today. The history you were never taught might just be the answer we've been searching for.

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