Little Rock, Arkansas

National Dunbar Horace Mann
Alumni Association

Alumni of Dunbar and Horace Mann. One family, ten chapters, and Little Rock at the center.

We are the graduates, families, and friends of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1929 to 1955) and Horace Mann High School (1956 to 1965). We gather for reunions, fund scholarships for Arkansas students, and preserve the legacy and excellence of two historic schools.

Recipient of the City of Little Rock Sustain the Rock award, nonprofit category, 2024.

photo: the Dunbar building on Wright Avenue
(awaiting a photograph from the association)
Wright Avenue and Ringo Street. On the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.
Next gathering
SEP
20

Monthly meeting, Little Rock chapter

Third Sunday of each month [CONFIRM: third Sunday schedule], 3:30 to 4:30 PM, Dunbar Magnet Middle School library, 1100 Wright Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72206. All classes and all chapters are welcome.

I.

Join and pay dues

Membership is open to alumni of both schools, their families, former staff, and friends of the association. Pay by check to the National Financial Secretary or by Cash App.

How to join
II.

Scholarships

Three $2,000 awards each year for students at Arkansas HBCUs: Philander Smith, Shorter College, Arkansas Baptist, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Apply or give
III.

Reunions and events

The Reunion of the Classes every other year, the Legacy Awards each November, and monthly chapter meetings in Little Rock.

See the calendar

Ninety seven years in four lines

Read the full history
1929

A school rises on Wright Avenue.

1956

Horace Mann High School opens.

1973

The first Reunion of the Classes.

2009

Two alumni associations become one.

Ten chapters and satellite members
Chapter directory

From the archive

reunion, 2023
Reunion of the Classes, Little Rock
class portrait
from the yearbooks
Browse the gallery

In Memoriam

We keep the names of classmates, teachers, and friends who have passed, with their school and class year, so that they remain part of our family.

Visit the memorial page