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James B. Dudley High School
Address
Map
1200 Lincoln St.

Greensboro, North Carolina
27401

United States
Coordinates36°03′36″N 79°45′52″W / 36.0600°N 79.7645°W / 36.0600; -79.7645
Information
School typePublic
Founded1929 (95 years ago) (1929)
School districtGuilford County Schools
CEEB code341605
PrincipalMarcus Gause
Teaching staff84.70 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,491 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.60[1]
Schedule typeBlock
ScheduleTraditional (Late August–Early June)
Hours in school dayMonday–Friday, 9:15 A.M.–4:20 P.M.
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
Athletics conferenceNCHSAA All-Metro 4A
Sports15 varsity teams (7 male, 8 female)
NicknamePanthers
Websitegcsnc.com/Dudley_High
James Benson Dudley Senior High School and Gymnasium
James Benson Dudley Senior High School, September 2012
James B. Dudley High School is located in North Carolina
James B. Dudley High School
James B. Dudley High School is located in the United States
James B. Dudley High School
Location1200 Lincoln St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1929 (1929), 1936, 1959
ArchitectHartmann, Charles C.; et.al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
MPSGreensboro MPS
NRHP reference No.03000302[2]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 2003

James Benson Dudley High School is located in Guilford County in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina. Dudley High School was founded in 1929 as the first black high school in Guilford County, in a school system segregated by law. The school was named for James Benson Dudley.

History

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The high school building was designed by architect Charles C. Hartmann and built in 1929. James B. Dudley Senior High School is a three-story, U-shaped, brick building with Classical Revival and Collegiate Gothic design elements. It has a one-story slightly projecting entrance portico with Doric order columns (added in the mid-1970s), a stepped parapet, and crenellated stair towers. The gymnasium was attached in 1936. A separate brick gymnasium building was constructed in 1959.[3]

James Benson Dudley Senior High School and Gymnasium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[2]

The school was central to the 1969 Greensboro uprising when school officials refused to recognize the validity of a write-in candidate for student council, allegedly due to his activism in the Black Power movement.[4][5] In 1971 through desegregation, Dudley's student population integrated.

Today, the make-up of the school consists of a diverse student enrollment with a predominantly African-American population. Dudley has a traditional education program as well as the Dudley Science, Math, and Technology Academy magnet program. The Science, Math, and Technology Academy provides high-caliber students a strong college preparatory background, which emphasizes mathematics and science along with sufficient writing, research, and technological skills. During their senior year, Dudley Academy Students attend classes on college campuses. Dudley won two back-to-back football rings. The school colors are blue and gold. Dudley High School has an Advance Vehicle Technology (AVT) Team that competes in an international competition called the Shell Eco Marathon.

Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

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  • Nelle A. Coley, famed educator and civil rights activist, taught English at James B. Dudley High School for over thirty years.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "James B Dundley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ Jennifer F. Martin (December 2002). "James Benson Dudley Senior High School and Gymnasium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  4. ^ North Carolina Advisory Committee on Civil Rights (March 1970). Trouble in Greensboro: A Report of an Open Meeting Concerning Disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  5. ^ Bluford Library. "Willie Grimes". North Carolina A&T University. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Dudleyalumni - Notable Alumni". Dudley Alumni Association. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  7. ^ McLaughlin, Nancy. (Feb 27, 2018). These Triad residents made black history, too. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved Aug 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Durham, Andy (August 27, 2012). "There's something different about David Amerson and it's a good thing!". Greensboro Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jibreel Khazan (Formerly Ezell Blair Jr". The Greensboro Four. Video Dialog Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  10. ^ "Ex-Dudley, Clemson great enshrined in Hall of Fame". Greensboro News & Record. July 17, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Thompson, Mark (January 3, 2014). "Ex-Dudley stars P.J.Hairston, Will Graves play in alumni exhibition". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  12. ^ Jerry Gantt Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved Aug 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "Dudley's Emmanuel Moseley heads to Super Bowl". WFMY. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Carlton, Jeff (October 11, 2007). "Dudley star commits to wake". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  15. ^ "DeMario Pressley, Chicago, Defensive Tackle". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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