{{short description|Defunct Detroit high school}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Charles F. Kettering Senior High School | native_name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | logo = | motto = "''Go Hard or Go Home''" | established = 1965 | closed = 2012 | type = High school | status = Permanently closed | category_label = | category = | gender_label = | gender = Co-ed | affiliation = Detroit Public Schools | affiliations = | administrator = | assst_admin = | president = | chairman_label = | chairman = | rector = | principal = Patrisha Murrey | asst principal = | campus_director = | headmaster = | head_label = | head = | head_name2 = | head2 = | dean = | founder = | chaplain = | officer_in_charge = | faculty = | teaching_staff = | enrollment = 2,100 (capacity), 800 (in 2012) | grades_label = | grades = 9—12 including Dual Enrollment | address = 6101 Van Dyke | city = Detroit | state = Michigan | province = | country = U.S.A. | coordinates = {{Coord|42|23|05|N|83|01|15|W|region:US-MI_type:edu_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | latitude = | longitude = | district = | oversight = | accreditation = | campus = | colors = Royal blue and white {{color box|RoyalBlue}}{{color box|White}} | colours = | athletics = Pioneers | houses = | student_union = | nickname = | mascot = | test_name = | test_average = | national_ranking = | website = | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} {{update after|2026|11|12}}<!--last major update 12 Nov 2021-->
'''Kettering High School''' was a four-year high school within the Detroit Public Schools system.<ref>{{cite book|last=Queen|first=J. Allen|title=Student Transitions From Middle to High School|url={{Google books|pSuOAQAAQBAJ|page=69|plainurl=yes}}|page=69}}</ref> The school, located in the low-income Gratiot Town/Kettering neighborhood, was around 1,200 students under capacity at its closure in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/09/12/it-gets-really-bad-after-dark-crime-persists-gratiot-detroit/2122207001/|title='It gets really bad after dark': Crime persists on Gratiot in Detroit|date=2019-11-11|last=Hunter|first=George|publisher=The Detroit News|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydetroit.com/2015/02/24/7-census-tracts-data-detroit-gentrification-map/|title=These 7 Places Where The Data Says Detroit Is Gentrifying May Surprise You|date=2015-02-24|publisher=Daily Detroit|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2020704718/|title=Charles Kettering High School, Van Dyke Ave. at East I-94, Detroit, 2019. Kettering High School closed in 2012 due to declining enrollment|date=n.d.|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref>
==History== Kettering opened in 1965 in response to the growing Detroit Public School system (DPS) and to serve the needs of factory workers and their families in east Detroit.<ref name=chronicle>{{cite web|url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2019/07/16/special-plans-for-the-k-former-kettering-high-school-area-will-be-turned-into-an-auto-supplier-plant/|title=Special Plans for the K: Former Kettering High School Area Will Be Turned Into an Auto Supplier Plant|last=Hunter|first=Branden|date=2019-07-16|publisher=Michigan Chronicle|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> The school is named after Charles F. Kettering, co-founder of DELCO and head of research at General Motors for 27 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://detroitfunk.com/charles-f-kettering-high-school/|title=Charles F. Kettering High School|date=2019-02-16|publisher=dETROITfUNK|access-date=2021-11-10|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112074113/https://detroitfunk.com/charles-f-kettering-high-school/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Construction began in 1961 with removal of housing on the land where Kettering would stand, but due to financial difficulties and worker strikes, the school did not open until fall 1965.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/kettering/|title=Charles Kettering High School|date=n.d.|publisher=Detroit Urbex|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> The school was compliant with desegregation efforts from the start.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/events/2019-09/TESTIMONIALS%20NEW%20BUSINESS%209-10-19.pdf|title=Testimonial resolutions and special privilege|date=2019-09-10|publisher=Detroit City Council|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> Additional classrooms and the gym were built between 1967 and 1969; a pool was planned but was delayed until 1975 by ''Milliken v. Bradley'', a major move towards desegregation in DPS.<ref name=history/> The city itself was dramatically segregated and enrollment records show 89% of Kettering was Black while Denby High School, just 5 miles away, was 93% White.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-28-mn-4596-story.html|title=Once an Industrial Mecca, Detroit Fights Back Against Crime and Decay : Cities: Those who could afford to fled the troubled schools and soaring murder rate. But citizen action and a new Canadian trade pact could give the town new life.|last=Dickerson|first=A.J.|date=1990-10-28|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref>
In 1978, a $4-million performing arts space, 1,200-person auditorium, ROTC training area, and additional cafeteria space designed by architect Roger Margerum were built as an addition to the building.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=1978-11-22|title=Kettering addition under construction|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98642877/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-10|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Margerum also added a 14-foot, 15-ton concrete "K" in front of the school.<ref name=history/> In 1981, the auditorium was dedicated to Leonard Sain, one of the early successful Black educators in Michigan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weddell|first1=Dorothy|date=1983-03-21|title=profile: Roger Margerum Jr., president, Society of Architects|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97948525/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-10|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
As the government continued to integrate the city, Detroit went from a majority white city in the 1940s to a majority Black city in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2020/07/05/detroit-freeways-racism-segregation-white-flight/5366081002/|title=Freeways are Detroit's most enduring monuments to racism. Let's excise them. Opinion|last=Vejendla|first=Nithin|date=2020-07-05|publisher=Detroit Free Press|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> More than 310,000 white residents moved to the suburbs to escape the integration and violence that stemmed from white pushback against Black citizens.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thompson|first1=Heather Ann|date=1999-01-01|title=Rethinking the politics of white flight in the postwar city: Detroit, 1945-1980|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009614429902500201?journalCode=juha|journal=Journal of Urban History|volume=25|issue=2|pages=163–198|doi=10.1177/009614429902500201|s2cid=143653553|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The consequential loss of student enrollment severely affected Detroit schools.<ref name=history/> In 1970, nearly 300,000 students were enrolled in DPS; this number dipped below 200,000 by 1990 and to 47,959 by 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crcmich.org/PUBLICAT/2010s/2016/enrollment_trends_in_detroit-2016.pdf|title=Public school enrollment trends in Detroit|date=2016|publisher=Citizens Research Council of Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> Between 1991 and 2016 alone, enrollment dropped 73%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/4390000/detroit-public-schools-charters-debt/|title=Inside Detroit's Radical Experiment to Save Its Public Schools|last=Sanburn|first=Josh|date=2016-09-06|publisher=TIME|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> Gang violence increased; in 1989, starting quarterback Raheem Wells was murdered, allegedly so his killers could steal his Nikes and overcoat.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walton|first=Scott|date=1990-12-17|title=PSL work turns to labor of love|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100037336|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=history/> Enrollment continued to decrease and by 2003, Kettering had 1,673 students.<ref name=history/> In 2004, Kettering West Wing, a special education school specially designed to accommodate physically disabled students, was opened in part of the Kettering High School building; even with the reduced space, Kettering High still struggled to fill classrooms.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pratt|first=Chastity|date=2005-08-17|title=Thefts put the heat on special ed students|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/362533288/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/title-6-complaint.pdf|title=Title VI Complaint against Governor Rick Snyder and the State for retaliation and discrimination against teachers, students, parent advocates & neighborhoods|date=2015-07-27|publisher=Detroit Board of Education with Members of the Community|website=Motor City Muckraker|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>
In 2009, rumors spread that Kettering would be shut down and students walked out in protest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/05/detr-m21.html|title=Detroit students demonstrate against school restructuring|last=Kishore|first=Joe|date=2009-05-21|publisher=World Socialist Web Site|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voiceofdetroit.net/2016/03/03/detroit-will-be-paying-for-school-bonds-until-year-2040-dismantling-of-dps-all-about-corporate-greed/|title=DETROIT WILL BE PAYING FOR SCHOOL BONDS UNTIL YEAR 2040; DISMANTLING OF DPS ALL ABOUT CORPORATE GREED|last=Bukowski|first=Diane|date=2016-03-03|publisher=Voice of DEtroit|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> In 2010, DPS slated the school for closure after enrollment dipped well below 50%.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt Dawsey|first1=Chastity|date=2012-06-21|title=DPS will be a third the size of 10 years ago|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108247038|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Southeastern High School was initially supposed to absorb students after Kettering closed in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2012/02/detroit_public_schools_to_clos.html|title=Emergency manager: Detroit Public Schools to close Kettering, City high schools|last=Foley|first=Aaron|date=2012-02-07|publisher=MLive|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> but the administration quickly realized that the schools were controlled by rival gangs and that combining the two student bodies might lead to more violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/aiyana-stanley-jones-detroit/|title=What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?|last=LeDuff|first=Charlie|date=2010|publisher=Mother Jones|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> In fact, before the decision was reversed, Southeastern hired 16 security guards in preparation.<ref name=teachers>{{cite news|last=Pratt Dawsey|first=Chastity|date=2012-09-21|title=Teachers make house calls to get to know students|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108227342/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=history/><ref name=changes/> When repairs amounting to $5 million became too pressing over the next two years, DPS following through with the closure and Kettering closed following the 2011—2012 academic year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2012/02/twenty_detroit_public_schools.html|title=Twenty Detroit Public Schools to be closed, chartered or consolidated; 15 to join statewide district|last=Foley|first=Aaron|date=2012-02-08|publisher=MLive|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref><ref name=dps/><ref name=curbed>{{cite web|url=https://detroit.curbed.com/2014/3/12/10133006/one-of-detroits-abandoned-schools-will-become-a-27acre-urban-farm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109222830/https://detroit.curbed.com/2014/3/12/10133006/one-of-detroits-abandoned-schools-will-become-a-27acre-urban-farm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2018|title=Abandoned Detroit School Will Become a 27-Acre Urban Farm|last=Beshouri|first=Paul|date=2014-03-12|publisher=Detroit Curbed|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref name=teachers/> Its students were absorbed into Denby, King, Pershing, and Southeastern, all of which were struggling academically; all but King had been moved to the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the new school district where failing DPS schools were funneled.<ref name=5percent/><ref name=changes/> Following the 2012 closures, wherein 16 schools were closed, Ford, Mumford, Pershing, Central, Denby, Kettering, Southeastern, and Southwestern neighborhoods were all without a DPS high school.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt Dawsey|first1=Chastity|date=2012-06-21|title=DPS: Enrollment, schools shrinking, but heavy debt load isn't going away|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108246123/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt Dawsey|first1=Chastity|date=2012-02-09|title=DPS: 16 school buildings to close as part of downsizing|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108220343|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> West Wing was moved to similar programs in surviving DPS and EAA schools, including Charles R. Drew Transition Center, East English Village Preparatory Academy, Southeastern, and Jerry L. White Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emergency Financial Manager announces school closings |url=http://detroitk12.org/content/2012/02/08/dps-emergency-manager-roy-roberts-announces-school-changes-academic-initiatives-key-dates-and-timelines-for-parents-for-the-2012-13-school-year/|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211163257/http://detroitk12.org/content/2012/02/08/dps-emergency-manager-roy-roberts-announces-school-changes-academic-initiatives-key-dates-and-timelines-for-parents-for-the-2012-13-school-year/ |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref><ref name=changes>{{cite news |last1=Pratt Dawsey|first1=Chastity|date=2012-02-09|title=DPS changes announced|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108220343|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=dps>{{cite web|url=http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4.-Kettering-High-School-Kettering-West-Wing.pdf|title=Detroit Public School|date=2012|publisher=Detroit Public Schools|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904162617/http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4.-Kettering-High-School-Kettering-West-Wing.pdf|access-date=2021-11-12|archive-date=2014-09-04}}</ref>
The initial idea for Kettering's empty lot was to turn it into a 27-acre urban farm called the Kettering Urban Agricultural Campus, which would provide DPS and EAA schools with fresh fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2016/11/25/kettering-food-park/94340898/|title=Food business park eyed for Kettering site|date=2016-11-25|publisher=Detroit Free Press|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref><ref name=curbed/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2014/03/closed_detroit_high_school_cam.html|title=Closed Detroit high school campus to become 27-acre farm|date=2014-03-13|publisher=MLive|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> Hoophouses were built, crops were planted, and the auditorium and athletics wings were meant to be turned into food production facilities, but the district continued to struggle financially and the project fizzled out.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2016/11/25/kettering-food-park/94340898/|title=Food business park eyed for Kettering site|last=Zaniewski|first=Ann|date=2016-11-25|publisher=Detroit Free Press|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> In 2019, Dakkota Integrated Systems purchased Kettering and a nearby defunct school, Rose Elementary, for $2.6 million.<ref name=history/><ref name=chalk>{{cite web|url=https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2019/6/6/21108324/detroit-s-historic-kettering-high-school-property-could-get-new-life-housing-auto-suppliers-for-new|title=Detroit's historic Kettering High School property could get new life housing auto suppliers for new Jeep plant|last=Higgins|first=Lori|date=2019-06-06|publisher=Chalkbeat Detroit|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> The auto parts supplier intended to demolish the empty building and build a $55 million factory to build Jeeps, but later decided demolition would take too long and shifted their plans to make use of the athletic fields instead.<ref name=history/><ref name=chalk/> The initial factory was estimated to create 625 jobs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/07/26/old-kettering-high-school-site-to-become-auto-supplier-plant/|title=Old Kettering High School Site To Become Auto Supplier Plant|date=2019-07-26|publisher=62 CBS Detroit|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> and the updated plans, which will cost around $45 million, expect to fill about 400.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/01/22/dakkota-automotive-supply-plant-expected-to-bring-400-new-jobs-to-detroits-east-side/|title=Dakkota automotive supply plant expected to bring 400 new jobs to Detroit's east side|date=2020-01-22|publisher=Click On Detroit|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitchamber.com/companies-to-watch-2021/|title=Companies to watch|date=2021-06-30|publisher=Detroiter Magazine|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>
The iconic K in front of the high school was preserved and moved to the southeastmost point of the school lot at the corner of Van Dyke and Hendrie.<ref name=history/><ref name=chalk/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.degc.org/michigan-named-a-top-state-for-new-manufacturing-jobs-and-investment-award-recognizes-projects-in-detroit-among-states-biggest-wins/|title=Michigan named a "top state" for new manufacturing jobs and investment; award recognizes projects in Detroit among state's biggest wins|date=2021-06-16|publisher=Detroit Economic Growth Corporation|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref>
==Rankings== Between 2010 and 2012, Kettering was academically among the bottom 22% of DPS.<ref name=5percent>{{cite news |last1=Higgins|first1=Lori|date=2012-10-08|title=EAA: District could be largest in 5 years|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108259155/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2011/09/chancellor_of_new_michigan_sch.html|title=Chancellor of new Michigan schools system starts job by visiting classrooms in Detroit|date=2011-09-29|publisher=MLive|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> In 2011, Kettering West Wing had a 0% graduation rate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins|first1=Lori|date=2012-04-10|title=Grad, dropout rates announced|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108221180/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In the mid-2010s, Kettering was recognized as a "Good School" by the Skillman Foundation and in 2008 was awarded with a $50,000 grant to help improve the academic experience.<ref name=inside/>
==Detroit Allied Health Middle College High School== Detroit Allied Health Middle College High School (DAHMCHS) opened in 2007 by DPS to lower drop-out rates by offering introductory vocational training in healthcare professions and dual-enrollment options.<ref name=inside>{{cite web|url=http://detroitk12.org/inside_dps/2008/10/31/kettering-high-school/|title=Inside Detroit Public Schools » Kettering High School|date=2008-10-31|publisher=Detroit Public Schools|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604131029/http://detroitk12.org/inside_dps/2008/10/31/kettering-high-school/|access-date=2021-11-12|archive-date=2012-06-04}}</ref><ref name=2007financial>{{cite web|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/824010DetroitPublicSchools_225799_7.pdf|title=Comprehensive annual financial report|date=2007-06-30|publisher=Detroit Public Schools|access-date=2021-11-12}}</ref> Students would graduate in their 13th year, rather than 12th, with an associate's degree.<ref name=2007financial/> DAHMCHS was headquartered at Kettering and worked directly with the Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD), Detroit Public Schools, and the Detroit Medical Center.<ref name=2007financial/> Eventually, it was hoped the program would operate entirely on the WCCCD campus.<ref name=2007financial/>
==Notable alumni== * Marion Body, former Michigan Wolverine and USFL cornerback<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=1980-10-01|title=Wolverine showing he's not a 'no-Body'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/365468221|language=en|work=The Herald-Palladium|location=Saint Joseph, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-10|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> * Billy Joe and Otis Chambers, infamous Detroit drug dealers in 1980s Detroit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/crackdowndetroit/page/chambers-brothers-drug-network|title=Chambers Brothers Drug Network |date=n.d.|publisher=University of Michigan Department of History, University of Michigan Carceral State Project|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-05-30-9505300211-story.html|title=THE RISE AND FALL OF A DRUG EMPIRE|last1=Chesley|first1=Roger Chesley|date=1995-05-30|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> * Stan Edwards, former NFL running back<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gobluefootballhistory.com/may-20-2018-happy-birthday-stanley-j-edwards/|title=May 20, 2020 – Happy Birthday Stanley J. Edwards|last=Gallagher|first=Barry|date=2020-05-19|publisher=Go Blue Football History|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDWARSTA01 |title=Stan Edwards Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com |access-date=2010-10-29 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122054436/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDWARSTA01 |archive-date=2011-11-22 }}</ref> * Jerome Foster, former NFL defensive end and defensive tackle<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1981_guide.pdf|title=Ohio State Football 1981|date=1981|publisher=Ohio State Buckeyes|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> * Lindsay Hairston, former NBA and Pro A player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legendsofbasketball.com/alumni/lindsay-hairston/|title=Lindsay Hairston|date=n.d.|publisher=National Basketball Retired Players Association|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cholet-basket.com/personne/lindsay-hairston|title=Interior Lindsay Hairston|date=n.d.|publisher=Cholet Basket|access-date=2021-11-10|language=fr}}</ref> * Eric Money, former NBA player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kiska|first1=Tim|date=1979-02-21|title=Wayne County sheriffs waiting for Eric Money at Metro?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98958394/|language=en|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|access-date=2021-11-10|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> * Coniel "Connie" Norman, former NBA player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/normaco01.html|title=Connie Norman|date=n.d.|publisher=Basketball Reference|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> * Carl Powell, former NFL and NFLE defensive tackle<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profootballarchives.com/playerp/powe00900.html|title=Carl Powell|date=n.d.|publisher=Pro Football Archives|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> * Vincent Smothers, hired hitman active in the early 2000s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Smothers-aff-3-6-13.compressed.pdf|title=Affidavit of Vincent Smothers|date=2015|publisher=Voice of Detroit|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref> * Frank Tate, former boxer Olympic gold medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=242405|title=Best I Faced: Frank Tate|date=2020-09-14|publisher=Boxer Rec|access-date=2021-11-10}}</ref>
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