in motion to upgrade the facilities and establish the Dunbar as one of the premier upscale complexes in Upper Manhattan. These plans include renovating the vacant apartments, updating and refurbishing the interior courtyard and garden, and the addition of a variety of amenities including a fitness center, playground, additional security and a doorman. The contract was acquired by Samuel Berry and Andrew Melohn of Douglas Elliman working in conjunction with Fredrik Eklund. Notable residents Noted personalities to live in the Dunbar Apartments include leaders of the Civil Rights Movement such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Noah D. Thompson, and A. Philip Randolph, author William Melvin Kelley, entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, poet Countee Cullen, and the explorer Matthew Henson. See also List of New York City Landmarks National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York References Notes Bibliography Tritter, Thorin. "The Growth and Decline of Harlem's Housing" in Afro-Americans in New York Life and History (January 31, 1998) External links A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979), labor leader, civil rights leader National Park Service – Historic places of the civil rights movement Harlem Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Residential buildings completed in 1926 Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan Former cooperatives of the United States Apartment buildings in New York City New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan