DuSable High School
DuSable High School | |
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Coed | |
Enrollment | 110 (Bronzeville; 2023–24)[4] 76 (Williams Prep; 2023–24)[5] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red Black[2] |
Athletics conference | Chicago Public League[2] |
Team name | Panthers[2] |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Yearbook | Red and Black[3] |
Website | bronzevillescholastic dhwprepmed |
Building details | |
General information | |
Year(s) built | 1931–1934 |
Cost | 2.5 million dollars |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Paul Gerhardt Sr. |
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a
Since 2005, the school campus has served as home to two smaller schools: the
History
In 1929, the Chicago Board of Education voted to construct a new school building at East 49th Street and South Wabash Avenue due to the overcrowding conditions at
Renaissance 2010
With the demolition of the Robert Taylor Homes, student enrolment at DuSable had substantially declined. Because of this, in 2003, Chicago Public Schools decided to phase out DuSable: the history of poor academic performance was also a factor. In 2005, three schools were opened in the building as a part of the Renaissance 2010 program. The three new schools: Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, Daniel Hale Williams School of Medicine and DuSable Leadership Academy were created by DuSable staff members.[14] The DuSable Leadership Academy which was a part of the Betty Shabazz International Charter School was phased out due to poor academic performance and closed after the 2015–16 school year.
Small schools
Bronzeville Scholastic
Bronzeville Scholastic Institute High School (BSI) is a
Williams Preparatory
Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine High School (DHW) is a
Other information
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Board of Education opened a birth control clinic in the school in June 1985, in efforts to lower the school's high teen-age pregnancy and drop-out rates.[20] The opening of the clinic caused worldwide controversy.[21][22][23][24] The school once held an inner sanctuary that had many different animals, including peacocks, a goat, snakes, pigeons, chickens, and various other species. Emiel Hamberlin, the schools' biology teacher and sanctuary was featured in the March 1977 issue of Ebony magazine.[25] In 1995, with funding from NASA, DuSable became the first public high school in Chicago to be connected to the Internet.[26] DuSable principal Charles Mingo created the "Second-Chance Program", a program that served as an alternative school for recent high school drop-outs and adults looking to earn a high school diploma in 1994.[27]
Crime and gang violence
In November 1949, 16–year old LaVon Cain was shot to death at the school after a group of females began firing shots at another group of female students. 19–year-old Edwina Howard and two other teenage girls were charged in the shooting.
Athletics
DuSable competes in the
Notable alumni
Performing arts
- Muhal Richard Abrams (1948) — musician[38]
- Nat King Cole (attended) — pianist and crooner, predominantly of pop and jazz works ("Unforgettable"). Cole was a 1990 recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2000, he was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[39]
- Jerome Cooper (1965) — jazz musician who specialized in percussion.[40]
- Richard Davis (1948) — bassist and professor of music at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[40]
- Dorothy Donegan (1940) — jazz pianist.[40]
- standup comedian and actor, known for his role on the television series Sanford and Son.[44]
- Von Freeman (1942) — jazz tenor saxophonist.[40]
- Eddie Harris (1953) — jazz musician best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone.[45]
- Red Holloway (1945) – jazz musician.
- Fred Hopkins (1966) — jazz bassist.[40]
- percussionist, clarinetist, and saxophonist.[40]
- Grammy Award–winning musician and singer best known for her work in folk music and children's music.[46]
- Clifford Jordan (1949) — jazz saxophonist.[40]
- Walter Perkins (1950) — jazz percussionist.[40]
- Marshall Thompson (1961) — singer and musician, member of the R&B/Soul vocal group The Chi-Lites.
- Wilbur Ware (1942) — hard bebop bassist[40]
- Dinah Washington (attended) — Grammy Award–winning jazz singer (What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, "Teach Me Tonight"). She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as an "early influence".[40]
Public service
- William Cousins (1945) — Illinois Appellate Court judge and Chicago City Council member[49]
- Fred Rice Jr. (1944) — Chicago police officer, first African–American superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.
- Harold Washington (1939) —Lawyer and politician. Washington served as the 51st Mayor of Chicago (1983–1987), Noted as the city's first African American mayor.[50][51][52]
Sports
- Nathaniel Clifton (1942) — basketball and baseball athlete for DuSable, played for Harlem Globetrotters and Chicago American Giants, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton was 2014 inductee in Basketball Hall of Fame.
- offensive tackle (1961–75), 4-time Pro Bowl selection.[56]
- St. Louis Hawks.[53]
- Kevin Porter (1968) — NBA guard (1972–81, 82–83), Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, 4-time league assists leader[54][55]
- Chuck Winfrey (1967) — NFL linebacker (1971–72).[59]
Radio, TV, and film
- Don Cornelius (1954) — television show host and producer, creator and host of Soul Train. (1971–93).[60]
Commerce
- John H. Johnson (1936) — founder of Johnson Publishing Company (Ebony, Jet), and the first African American on the Forbes list of the richest 400 Americans.[62][63]
Alumni gallery
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Nat "King" Cole
Notable staff
- Captain Walter Dyett — noted violinist and music instructor at the school from its opening in 1935 until 1962.[39][64]
- Charles Mingo — educator and former principal of DuSable from 1988 until 2002, his work at the school earned him a
References
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- ^ DuSable High School 1963 Yearbook, Chicago, IL
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- ^ Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Daniel Hale Williams Prep High School of Medicine
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- ^ "CPS Announces Possible Exceptions to School Closing Moratorium," by Lauren Fitzpatrick, Education Reporter, October 1, 2013
- ^ Mayor Emanuel Honors DuSable High School as a Community Cornerstone, Presents Landmark Plaque to School Alumni and Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "New Phillips High School To Open Tomorrow: Classes Also to Continue in Old Building". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 3, 1935. pp. S5.
- ^ Landmark Designation Report: DuSable High School, 2012
- ^ "NEW $6,000,000 Lane Technical To Open Sept. 17 :School Finest of Kind; Capacity 7,000 Students". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 26, 1934. p. 10.
- ^ Provines, Julie (April 23, 1936). "Front Views and Profiles". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, Jean Baptiste Point de Saible ... settled in Chicago ... and last week his memory was honored with the changing of the name of the new Wendell Phillips High School ... The full name of the school is to be used but ... the principal of the school has cautioned the teachers not to write the name until they have been given official confirmation of the spelling ...
- ^ Separate But Equal The Financing Of Public Education In Illinois Works Like This: Dusable Spends $6,000 Per Student, New Trier Spends $12,000 February 12, 1995
- ^ Three schools to open at DuSable next year – Chicago Tribune: (September 28, 2004)
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- ^ Chicago Tribune, Birth Control At Du Sable Approved Board Still Backs Clinic At School, October 10, 1985
- ^ Chicago Tribune, Teen Clinic Wins On Birth Control, September 26, 1985
- ^ Controversy Surrounds High School Birth Control Clinic
- ^ The battle over birth control – Contraceptives in schools. DuSable clinic at heart of controversy. By Hattie Clark, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / November 18, 1986
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- ^ Ebony, March 1977.Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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- ^ Chicago Tribune, Dropping Back In: Dusable High School Gives Hopefuls Another Shot At Their Diplomas, October 4, 1994
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- ^ Slain Girl's Parents Sue School Board (Jet Magazine: November 29, 1951)
- ^ Chicago Tribune – DuSable High Invader Tells Of Raping Two – October 22, 1959
- ^ Living In A War Zone Called Taylor Homes: Residents Trapped In Battles Over Drug Turf, Chicago Tribune, March 10, 1993
- ^ Student Charged In School Stabbing – Chicago Tribune (January 30, 1986)
- ^ $3 Million Bond Set In Student`s Slaying – Chicago Tribune (October 16, 1987)
- ^ "Student Killed at Chicago High School". AP News Archive. October 14, 1987. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
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Some of Ammons' stylistic versatility can undoubtedly be traced to his Chicago home ... He also learned from the renowned "Captain" Walter Dyett, the musical director of Chicago's DuSable High School. Dyett was instrumental in launching the careers of many other DuSable alumni, including the legendary crooner and pianist Nat "King" Cole and fellow saxophonist Johnny Griffin.
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The list of famous Jazz musicians who passed through his program is legion: saxophonists Gene "Jug" Ammons, Johnny Board, Von Freeman, Joseph Jarman, John Gilmore, and Clifford Jordan; trumpeters Sonny Cohn and Paul Serrano; trombonist Julian Priester; bassists Wilbur Ware, Richard Davis, and Fred Hopkins; pianists Dorothy Donegan and John Young; drummers Wilbur Campbell, Walter Perkins, and Jerome Cooper; violinist Leroy Jenkins; singers Dinah Washington and Johnny Hartman
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John Gilmore (born 1931 in Summit, Mississippi, but raised in Chicago) had attended DuSable High School with its fabled band program ... He and Spaulding added their flutes to the Arkestral armamentarium. And then there was bassist extraordinaire Ronnie Boykins (1932–1980, another graduate of DuSable High School).
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Harold attended the local public schools and Milwaukee's St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School. Unfortunately for him, he disliked it so intensely that he ran away three times. Harold then attended DuSable High School, but dropped out, claiming that he was no longer challenged by the classwork.
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- ^ a b Bell, Taylor (January 29, 1993). "Lewis' Goal: Revive Du Sable Basketball". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
Lewis is determined to rekindle one of Chicago's proudest traditions. He recalls Du Sable's glory years . . . the famed 1954 team of Sweet Charlie Brown and Paxton Lumpkin that finished second in the state tournament, Maurice Cheeks, Kevin Porter, Larry Cross, Mitchell Moseley, William Dice, Stephon Butler.
- ^ a b Berkow, Ira (February 9, 1991). "Sports of the Times; The Death Of a Prep Legend". New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
But such future National Basketball Association players as Kevin Porter and Maurice Cheeks, who played many years later at Paxton Lumpkin's high school, DuSable, on the South Side of Chicago, would remember his name, and his legend.
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- ^ "Former principal of DuSable High Charles Mingo dies Chicago Sun-Times (February 7, 2012)". Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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- ^ Illinois House Resolution 0802 (PDF). Springfield, IL, USA: Illinois House of Representatives (95th General Assembly). November 2, 2007.
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