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'''Dunbar Junior College''' was an African American institution for higher education located at [[Dunbar High School]] in Little Rock. The junior college was opened in 1930 and closed in 1955.  
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'''Dunbar Junior College''' was a public African American institution for higher education located at [[Dunbar High School]] in [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. The junior college opened in 1930 and closed in 1955 when the [[Little Rock School Board]] determined that the school did not have the finances to continue.
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====Notable students and graduates====
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*[[Lloyd C. Elam]] - physician and professor at Meharry Medical College
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*[[Samuel P. Massie]] - Manhattan Project scientist; first tenured African American professor at U.S. Naval Academy
  
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 13:09, 4 July 2009

Dunbar Junior College was a public African American institution for higher education located at Dunbar High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The junior college opened in 1930 and closed in 1955 when the Little Rock School Board determined that the school did not have the finances to continue.

Notable students and graduates

  • Lloyd C. Elam - physician and professor at Meharry Medical College
  • Samuel P. Massie - Manhattan Project scientist; first tenured African American professor at U.S. Naval Academy

References

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