Northern High School (Detroit) Explained

Northern Senior High School was a public four-year high school located on the north end of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The school was a part of the Detroit Public Schools district. By the latter part of the 2000s, Northern Senior High School was cited for closure as well as several other local high schools in the Detroit School District.^[1] The Detroit International Academy is now housed in the building that was formerly known as Northern Senior High School.^{[2] [3]} When Northern existed, it served a portion of New Center.^[4] It was founded in 1916.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Bill Buntin – NBA basketball player (Detroit Pistons).
• Alyce Chenault Gullattee (1946) – physician, psychiatrist, professor at Howard University College of Medicine
• Derrick Coleman (1986) – NBA basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers).
• Marshall Dill (1971) – Track & field athlete.^[6]
• Tommy Flanagan - Jazz pianist. ^[7]
• Aretha Franklin (attended) – Singer–songwriter, pianist ("Queen of Soul").
• Robert Hayden (1930) – Poet.
• Pete Moore (attended) – Musician.
• Harry Newman (1930) – All–Pro football quarterback (University of Michigan).
• Smokey Robinson (1957) – Singer–songwriter.^[8]
• Sam Williams (1964) – NBA basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks).

External links

• Northern High School at Detroit Public Schools (Archive)

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Notes and References

1. [LZ Granderson|Granderson, LZ]
2. "Home ." Detroit International Academy for Young Women. Retrieved on June 30, 2015. "9026 Woodward, Detroit MI, 48202"
3. "Northern High School" (Archive). Detroit Public Schools. May 4, 2003. Retrieved on June 30, 2015. "Northern High School 9026 Woodward, Detroit, MI. 48202 "
4. "High School Attendance Areas" (Archive). Detroit Public Schools. July 10, 2003. Retrieved on November 3, 2012.
5. Web site: Northern High School | Historic Detroit.
6. Web site: Women's Volleyball Michigan State University Spartans, Official Athletic Site - Women's Volleyball . 2010-07-15 . 2008-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080122043011/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/072307aaa.html . dead .
7. Book: Bjorn, Lars . Gallert . Jim . Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 . University of Michigan Press/Regional . Ann Arbor, MI . 2001 . 978-0-472-06765-7 . 10.3998/mpub.11388 . 96 .
8. http://www.classmates.com/blog/celebrity/smokey-robinson/ Classmates - Smokey Robinson