Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School

CTL-E-0879 · Address · site · 1935-present

Verified evidence grade of this record

Opened February 1935; one of Chicago's first two all-Black high schools; Chicago Landmark 2013.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:school-dusable; source research type(s): place.

Sources

City of Chicago landmark records (primary municipal) (primary source)
Urban Review (2024); UChicago News

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