11 hrs 9 mins | ART | HistoryFor a period of 85 years, the M Street/Dunbar High School was an academically elite, all-black public high school in Washington, D.C. As far back as 1899, its students came in first in citywide tests given in both black and white schools. Over this 85-year span, approximately 80 percent of M Street/Dunbar’s graduates went on to college, even though most Americans, white or black, did not attend college at all. Faculty and students were mutually respectful to one another, and disruptions in the classroom were not tolerated. Yet, in this era of best practices, this public high school, whose fo...
For a period of 85 years, the M Street/Dunbar High School was an academically elite, all-black public high school in Washington, D.C. As far back as 1899, its students came in first in citywide tests given in both black and white schools. Over this 85-year span, approximately 80 percent of M Street/Dunbar’s graduates went on to college, even though most Americans, white or black, did not attend college at all. Faculty and students were mutually respectful to one another, and disruptions in the classroom were not tolerated. Yet, in this era of best practices, this public high school, whose founders experienced slavery and segregation firsthand, has received virtually no attention in the literature or in policy considerations for inner-city education. The purpose of this study is to explore the history of a high school that was successful in teaching black children from families at all income levels to excel and to determine if the learning model employed in the past could be successful in a modern inner-city public education environment.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Opening Credits |
0 mins 13 secs |
| 2. | Preface |
21 mins 46 secs |
| 3. | Part I The Roots |
0 mins 36 secs |
| 4. | Chapter 1 - Slavery and Bondage |
48 mins 47 secs |
| 5. | Chapter 2 - Pre Civil War Education of Black People |
43 mins 01 secs |
| 6. | Part II Dred Scott to Reconciliation |
0 mins 31 secs |
| 7. | Chapter 3 - Sparking the Inevitable War |
54 mins 07 secs |
| 8. | Chapter 4 - From Accomodation to Conflict |
49 mins 45 secs |
| 9. | Chapter 5 - The Philosophy of Education |
43 mins 49 secs |
| 10. | Part III The Paradigm |
0 mins 39 secs |
| 11. | Chapter 6 - The Culture of the Black Community Prior to 1960 |
50 mins 52 secs |
| 12. | Chapter 7 - The Washington Georgetown Localities |
41 mins 08 secs |
| 13. | Chapter 8 - Living a Segregated Life in the Nations Capital |
55 mins 33 secs |
| 14. | Part IV The Crown Jewel |
0 mins 15 secs |
| 15. | Chapter 9 - The Commencement of Liberation |
52 mins 18 secs |
| 16. | Chapter 10 - The Paul Laurence Dunbar High School |
40 mins 30 secs |
| 17. | Chapter 11 - The Dunbar Paradigm |
32 mins 42 secs |
| 18. | Chapter 12 - The Dunbar Milieu |
46 mins 33 secs |
| 19. | Part V The End of an Era |
0 mins 15 secs |
| 20. | Chapter 13 - Extermination of the Traditions |
42 mins 55 secs |
| 21. | Chapter 14 - Epilogue |
38 mins 09 secs |
| 22. | Closing Credits |
0 mins 24 secs |
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