1968: The Leap year that changes the world; Memories from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, DC
2018. 1968: The Leap year that changes the world; Memories from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, DC. District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, Office of Planning; Paul Laurence Dunbar Alumni Federation; Humanities
The Paul Laurence Alumni Federation engages and assists current students of Dunbar High School. This year the organization continued their Dunbar community engagement through the 1968 Memory preservation project. 1968: The Leap year that changed the world; Memories from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, DC involved current students, alumni, faculty and members of the community in a panel discussion surrounding the forgotten stories of the events of 1968; the death of Dr. Martin Luther King and the unrest the surrounded the school and community in the days that followed. The group organized and displayed photos and exhibit of the time period of civil unrest in April 1968. They participated in a discussion group and documented key facts on MLK issues raised in 1968 and the status as of 2018. Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, Office of Planning, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00101).
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- Presentation
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- 2018-09-30
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- HPF
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