The Memphis Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man fighting for his life Monday night near Dunbar ...

Board of Education that racially separate schools were “inherently unequal,” Dunbar High School was a living refutation of that assumption. And it was within walking distance of the Supreme Court.

But community kickback has kept the schools open for now. The 153-year-old district previously announced it intends to shut down Paul Laurence Dunbar School and Maie Bartlett Heard Elementary School.

The former Dunbar School, 5419 E. 36th St., was part of the Kansas City Public Schools repurposing program for closed school buildings. Joe Ledford [email protected] The former Dunbar school at ...