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Spingarn High School

1952 establishments in Washington, D.C.African-American history of Washington, D.C.Defunct schools in Washington, D.C.District of Columbia Public SchoolsEducational institutions disestablished in 2013
Educational institutions established in 1952School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
SpingarnHS DC
SpingarnHS DC

Joel Elias Spingarn High School was a public high school located in the District of Columbia, USA. The school is named after Joel Elias Spingarn (1875–1939) an American educator and literary critic who established the Spingarn Medal in 1913, awarded annually for outstanding achievement by an African American.

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Spingarn High School
Benning Road Northeast, Washington Langston

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Benning Road Northeast 2500
20002 Washington, Langston
District of Columbia, United States
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