Bessemer Colored High School

Paul William Dunbar High School, originally Bessemer Colored High School, was a public school for African-American students which operated in Bessemer, Alabama from 1923 to 1980.

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Type: School
Description: public school for African-American students in Bessemer, Alabama, USA
Also known as: “Dunbar High School” and “Paul William Dunbar High School”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station and Canaan Baptist Church.

Southern Railway Terminal Station

Museum

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. Southern Railway Terminal Station is situated 1 mile south of Bessemer Colored High School.

Canaan Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Canaan Baptist Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Bessemer Colored High School.

Sloss Mines

Mine

The Sloss Mines are a group of mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, at the southern end of Red Mountain. Sloss Mines is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bessemer Colored High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bessemer and Brighton.

Bessemer

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.

Brighton

Village

Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.

Lipscomb

Village

Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code.

Bessemer Colored High School

Categories: public school, historic site, school building, and education
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.414° or 33° 24′ 50″ north

Longitude

-86.9486° or 86° 56′ 55″ west

Elevation

522 feet (159 metres)

Open location code

865MC372+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358910446

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

4059603

Wikidata ID

Q28153496

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