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The first high school in the City of Detroit was established in a new building on Miami Street (Broadway) in 1859, on a site used by the Detroit Board of Education. In 1863, the high school was relocated to the second story of the Capitol Building, where a Union school was maintained. Thirty years later, on the night of January 27, 1893, the ...
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Jul 29, 2013 · Detroit City High. Copy Link. ... This Elementary School, built in 1905, was named for former mayor Zachariah Chandler; it closed in 2004. ... Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48208.
An 1867 General Schools Law ended segregated schools in Michigan, but African Americans had to fight in court for it to take effect in Detroit, which it did in 1869. Compulsory education was established in 1871, when all children between age eight and 14 were required by state law to attend school for at least 12 weeks a year, six of them consecutive.
Jul 23, 2023 · Cooley High School. 15055 Hubbell Ave., Detroit. Opened in 1928, Cooley High School was designed by the architectural firm Donaldson & Meier, according to a Detroit Free Press article published in ...
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Cooley High School. Cooley High School, designed by Donaldson & Meier and opened in 1928, was named after former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas M. Cooley. It was constructed at a cost of $758,270, the equivalent in purchasing power to about $13,900,000 in 2024, to meet the educational needs of a rapidly growing area of Detroit.
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James Jamerson (1936-1983) was a 1954 Northwestern High grad. Jamerson is widely considered the greatest and most influential bass player to ever live, playing on hundreds of records as Motown Records' studio bassist. Willie Horton (1942-present) graduated from Northwestern High School in 1960 and was signed by the Detroit Tigers a year later.
