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Phillips Academy High School

CTL-I-0135 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-01692 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0135. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Bronzeville; first Chicago high school for Black students

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Bronzeville; first Chicago high school for Black students

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The Wendell Phillips Hall of Fame history states Wendell Phillips is the oldest Black high school in the City of Chicago; it opened September 4, 1904, at 39th and Prairie as a predominantly white school and became the first all-Black high school in Chicago after the Great Migration influx (fetched in full 2026-10-17). The stored note's Bronzeville location is not named in this source and is not covered by this stamp.

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