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DuSable High School


  • [Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a public 4-year high school campus located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. DuSable is owned by the Chicago Public Schools district. The school was named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Constructed between 1931-34, DuSable opened in February 1935. Since 2005, The school campus serves as home to two smaller schools; the Bronzeville Scholastic Institute and the Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine. Both of the schools use the DuSable name in an athletics context. The DuSable Leadership Academy was housed at the location until it closed after the 2015-16 school year. The school building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 1, 2013.]
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    • Du Sable High School
    • Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School (Chicago, Ill.)
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      • found: Berkow, I. The DuSable Panthers, 1978 (subj.)pub. info. (DuSable High School, Chicago)
      • found: Wikipedia viewed March 24, 2021 :(Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a public 4-year high school campus located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. DuSable is owned by the Chicago Public Schools district. The school was named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Constructed between 1931-34, DuSable opened in February 1935. Since 2005, The school campus serves as home to two smaller schools; the Bronzeville Scholastic Institute and the Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine. Both of the schools use the DuSable name in an athletics context. The DuSable Leadership Academy was housed at the location until it closed after the 2015-16 school year. The school building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 1, 2013.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuSable_High_School
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      • [Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a public 4-year high school campus located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. DuSable is owned by the Chicago Public Schools district. The school was named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Constructed between 1931-34, DuSable opened in February 1935. Since 2005, The school campus serves as home to two smaller schools; the Bronzeville Scholastic Institute and the Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine. Both of the schools use the DuSable name in an athletics context. The DuSable Leadership Academy was housed at the location until it closed after the 2015-16 school year. The school building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 1, 2013.]
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      • 1977-09-20: new
      • 2021-03-25: revised
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