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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 ...
May 7, 2023 · Learn about the history and legacy of Northern High School, a former African American school in Detroit that closed in 2007. Find out how it became the Detroit International Academy for Young Women, the only public all-girls school in Michigan.
Jun 3, 2023 · Northern High School. ·. June 2, 2013 ·. Northern students take the streets during school walk-out in 2007; they are carrying the Jayhawk banner for their team; Northern and dozens of other schools are now closed, with more on the way; DFT leadership has done NOTHING to stop this assault on Detroit's children.
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Jul 17, 2017 · Learn how black students at Northern High School protested against racism and discrimination in 1966, a year before the 1967 riot. Read their stories, demands and the response from school officials and the community.
In 1966, Black juniors at Detroit’s Northern HIgh School were “advised” by counselors that they would not be able to enroll into college-prep classes because, “We aren’t sending Northern students to college.”
In April of 1966, students protesting a weak curriculum, few books, and harassment staged a walk-out and strike at Northwestern High School. Sparked by a column in the school paper, they brought their demands to the school board.
May 13, 2018 · Their walkout and freedom school embody the action I wish to see in Detroit’s youth -- a sustainable campaign that forces adults to do something about the challenges black and brown children...
