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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 · In April 1966, more than 2,000 students at Detroit's Northern High School, 98% of them African American, staged a walkout to protest the quality of the education they were getting. Their efforts led to the ouster of the principal, vice principal and a school policeman.
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.
Jul 17, 2017 · More than 2,000 students walked out of Detroit's Northern High School in 1966 to protest racism
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...
