Dunbar-Abrams Community Center

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The Dunbar-Abrams Community Center is a community center located on 6th Avenue North in Bessemer in the former Bessemer Colored High School building. The center's executive director is Tyrone Alexander.

The high school was built in 1923 for Bessemer's African-American students. Its name was changed to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in the 1940s to honor the Ohio-born poet and novelist. The school closed in 1960 after the construction of J. S. Abrams High School.

The community center is currently housed in the school's gymnasium building, but is working on a program, "Dunbar-Abrams Vision 2000 Community HOPE", which would utilize the now-vacant classroom wing.

References

  • Nance, Ramkia (January 24, 2007) "Old Bessemer high school for blacks being renovated." Birmingham News.
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