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{{Infobox school
| name = Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School
| image =
| streetaddress = 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard
| city = [[Detroit]]
| state = [[Michigan]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|20|38|N|83|00|57|W|region:US-MI_type:edu_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| district = [[Detroit Public Schools]]
| principal = Damian Perry
| schooltype = [[public school (government funded)|Public]] [[Magnet school|magnet]] [[high school]]
| grades = 9-12
| language = [[American English|English]]
| area = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| colors = [[Gold (color)|Gold]] and [[black]]
{{color box|Gold}}{{color box|Black}}
| mascot = [[Crusaders]]
| teamname =
| enrollment = 1,675 (2022-23)
| staff = 57.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2601103&SchoolPageNum=5&ID=260110304703|title=Martin Luther King Jr Senior High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=October 27, 2020}}</ref>
| ratio = 18.68<ref name=NCES/>
}}
'''Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School''' is a [[public school (government funded)|public]] [[Magnet school|magnet]] [[high school]] located at 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]; the building is operated by the [[Detroit Board of Education]]. King's district encompasses [[Downtown Detroit|Downtown]] and [[Midtown, Detroit|Midtown]] Detroit; it also includes [[Lafayette Park, Detroit|Lafayette Park]], the Martin Luther King Apartments and [[Riverfront Condominiums Detroit|Riverfront Condominiums]]. The [[Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects]] were zoned to MLK prior to their demolition.<ref name="HSMap">"[http://www.detroit.k12.mi.us/schools/docs/school_boundaries_high.pdf High School Boundary Map]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Detroit Public Schools]]''. Retrieved on October 2, 2011.</ref> In addition it includes the three [[Wayne State University]] housing complexes that permit families with children ([[Chatsworth Tower]], DeRoy, and University Tower).<ref name="HSMap"/><ref>"[http://housing.wayne.edu/pdf/apartment-guide.pdf Community Living Guide Apartments 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224005134/http://housing.wayne.edu/pdf/apartment-guide.pdf |date=2012-12-24 }}." Wayne State University. 12. Retrieved on October 2, 2011. DeRoy, University Tower, and Chatsworth Tower unfurnished apartments are approved for family housing."</ref><ref>"[http://housing.wayne.edu/contact.php Contact Us General Office of Housing & Residential Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710085935/http://housing.wayne.edu/contact.php |date=2015-07-10 }}." Wayne State University. Retrieved on October 2, 2011. "Chatsworth Tower 630 Merrick Detroit, MI 48202" and "Helen L. DeRoy Apartments 5200 Anthony Wayne Drive Detroit, MI 48202" and "University Tower Apartments 4500 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48201"</ref>
==History==
Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School was originally named '''Eastern High School'''. The first school building for Eastern opened in 1901 at the intersection of Mack Avenue and East Grand Boulevard.<ref name=bulanda>{{cite web |url=https://www.hourdetroit.com/the-way-it-was-articles/the-way-it-was-eastern-high-school-1907/ |title=The Way It Was – Eastern High School, 1907 |first=George |last=Bulanda |date=September 7, 2017 |website=hourdetroit.com |access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref>
In the fall of 1967 Eastern moved to a new building on East Lafayette and Mount Elliott,<ref name=bulanda/> and one year later was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School, after the civil rights leader's assassination in April 1968. The mascot name was changed at the same time from the Indians to the Crusaders. The original Eastern High building was demolished in 1982.<ref name=bulanda/>
In 2009, Detroit Public Schools became the beneficiary of a $500.5 million, voter-approved federal bond package. At almost $53 million, the MLK project was one of the largest components of the package.<ref name=bond>{{cite web |url=https://programmanagers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2407212.pdf |title=Detroit Public Schools Receives $500.5 Million in Federal Funding |first=Lisa |last=Kopochinski |date=January 1, 2012 |website=programmanagers.com |access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref> The redeveloped Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School re-opened in September 2011, with almost 200,000 square feet of new space, and 47,000 square feet of altered and redeveloped space. The project turned the facility into a school that emphasized a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum.<ref name=bond/>
In 2012 [[Kettering High School]] closed, and some students were rezoned to King.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4.-Kettering-High-School-Kettering-West-Wing.pdf |title=Detroit Public Schools |author=Roy S. Roberts |date= |publisher=[[Detroit Public Schools]] |url-status=dead |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 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |access-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref>
==Extracurricular activities==
===Athletics===
In 34 seasons (1984 to 2017), under Coach William Winfield, Jr., the Crusaders women's basketball program compiled 693 wins,<ref name=winfield>{{cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/03/23/william-winfield-jr-detroit-king-girls-basketball/6964387002/ |title=William Winfield Jr., beloved Detroit King girls coach, 'believed in Black girl magic' |first=Christian |last=Booher |date=March 23, 2021 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> appeared in eleven [[Michigan High School Athletic Association]] championship finals (1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2016), winning the championship in 1985, 1990, 1991, 2003 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Girls-Basketball/Yearly-Champions |title=Michigan High School Athletic Association: Girls Basketball Champions 1973-2020 |website=mhsaa.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> Coach Winfield retired in 2018 due to illness, and died age 78 on March 13, 2021.<ref name=winfield/>
In 2007, under Coach Jim Reynolds, the Crusaders football team became the first team from the Detroit Public Secondary Schools Athletic League to win a [[Michigan High School Athletic Association|MHSAA]] Football Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://michigan-football.com/f/totalfb.htm |title=Michigan High School Football Conference Standings Since 1950 |year=2008 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019210942/http://michigan-football.com/f/totalfb.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1989 to 2019, the King Crusaders appeared in seven [[Michigan High School Athletic Association]] championship games in four different divisions: 1989(A), 1990(AA), 2007(2), 2015(2), 2016(2), 2018(3), and 2019(2), winning the championship in 2007, 2015, 2016, and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Football/Yearly-Champions |title=Michigan High School Athletic Association: Football Yearly Champions 1975-2019 |website=mhsaa.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
In 2006, King won the Detroit City League championship trophy in men's swimming and diving.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
In 2008, the King High School marching band raised over $400,000 (including a sponsorship from then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]]){{cn|date=March 2021}} to perform at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/travelin-band-students-aim-for-china-and-their-dreams/article_c229fb46-df6b-5ded-8e5f-fdf1ae6c5871.html |title=Travelin' band: Students aim for China and their dreams |first=Patricia |last=Montemurri |date=July 23, 2008 |work=Detroit Free Press |access-date=March 31, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331012723/https://www.thesunchronicle.com/travelin-band-students-aim-for-china-and-their-dreams/article_c229fb46-df6b-5ded-8e5f-fdf1ae6c5871.html |archive-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
==Notable alumni==
* [[Coleman Young]] (1934) the [[List of first African-American mayors|first African-American]] & longest-serving [[Mayor of Detroit]] who also served as a [[Michigan Senate|Michigan State Senator]]; described as the "single most influential person in Detroit's modern history."<ref>{{cite book |last=Manning Thomas |first=June |title=Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit |year=1997 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, MD}}</ref>
* [[Helen Thomas]] (1937) journalist; author<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.northshire.com/siteinfo/bookinfo.php?isbn=9780684868097&item=0 |title=Front Row at The White House: My Life and Times (link to Ch. 1) |author=Helen Thomas |date=May 3, 2000 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |work=Chapter 1, Beginnings |isbn=9780684868097 |quote=I was a sophomore at Eastern High School in Detroit and my English teacher liked a story I'd written and had it published in the school newspaper, The Indian. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714195608/http://www.northshire.com/siteinfo/bookinfo.php?isbn=9780684868097&item=0 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Joe Girard]] (1947), salesman; author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/449506-most-cars-sold-by-a-salesman-in-a-year |title=Most cars sold by a salesman in a year |date=2018 |website=guinnessworldrecords.com |publisher=Guinness World Records |location=London, England |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510042724/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/449506-most-cars-sold-by-a-salesman-in-a-year |archive-date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Joe Altobelli]] (1950) All-City multi-sport athlete for the Eastern Indians; former [[Major League Baseball]] player and manager; managed the [[1983 World Series]] champion [[Baltimore Orioles]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=019z2vcdBhUC&dq=Joe+Altobelli+eastern+high+school&pg=PA24 |title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: A-F |last=Porter |first=David L. | year=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing |isbn=9780313311741 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Reggie Harding]] (1961) first-team Parade Magazine All-American in 1961; led the Eastern Indians to three consecutive Detroit Public School League basketball championships; three-time All-State selection, drafted into the [[National Basketball Association]] out of high school by the [[Detroit Pistons]]; former basketball player for the Pistons & [[Chicago Bulls]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://michiganpreps.rivals.com/news/how-the-cruel-unforgiving-streets-of-detroit-swallowed-up-reggie-harding |title=How the cruel & unforgiving streets of Detroit swallowed up Reggie Harding |first=Branden |last=Hunter |date=September 19, 2017 |website=michiganpreps.rivals.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/MHSAA_ARCHIVE/sports/bbb/psl.pdf |title=For 31 years, the Detroit Public School League Ran Its Own Tournament in the Shadows of the MHSAA, Its Stars Achieving Legendary Status In Exile |first=Ron |last=Pesch |website=mhsaa.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Emanuel Steward]] (1962) boxing trainer who trained world champions [[Thomas Hearns]], [[Hilmer Kenty]], [[Lennox Lewis]] and others; 1996 [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/steward.html |title=International Boxing Hall of Fame: Emanuel Steward |website=ibhof.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2517192-10-fighters-who-worked-with-legendary-trainer-emanuel-steward |title=5 Fighters Who Owe a Debt of Gratitude to Trainer Manny Steward |first=Rob |last=Lancaster |date=July 7, 2015 |website=bleacherreport.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Bill Yearby]] (1962) 1962 Michigan state champion in the [[shot put]] for Eastern;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/MHSAA_ARCHIVE/sports/btr/yearlyindv1960.html |title=MHSAA: Records-Boys Track and Field Individual Champions |website=www.mhsaa.com}}</ref> and All-American [[defensive lineman]] for the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]]; [[New York Jets]] first round pick in the [[1966 American Football League draft|1966 AFL draft]].
* [[Lou Scott]] (1963) Olympian in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] & silver-medalist in the [[1967 Pan American Games]], one of America's top distance runners in 1960s. 1962 & 1963 Michigan State Champion in the mile, 1962 Michigan State Cross Country Champion for Eastern.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michtrack.org/whatever.htm#SCOTT |title=Michigan High School Track & Cross Country: Whatever happened to. . .? |website=michtrack.org |url-status=dead |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512022404/http://www.michtrack.org/whatever.htm#SCOTT |archive-date=May 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>https://issuu.com/michiganrunner/docs/mr0712 Michigan Runner July 2012 P.8</ref>
* [[John Fuqua|John "Frenchy" Fuqua]] (1965) professional [[American football|football]] [[running back]] who played eight seasons in the [[NFL]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FuquJo00.htm |title=John Fuqua |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> Fuqua become part of NFL lore as the intended receiver for quarterback [[Terry Bradshaw]]'s pass that sports historians refer to as the ''[[Immaculate Reception]]''.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1156309-the-pittsburgh-steelers-and-the-immaculate-reception-40-years-later#:~:text=Fuqua |title=The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Immaculate Reception: 40 Years Later |website=bleacherreport.com |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ron LeFlore]] (born 1948 - did not graduate), former Major League Baseball player for [[Detroit Tigers]], two-time stolen-base champion in 1978 and 1980 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907632,00.html |title=Sport: A Batter from the Pen |date=July 30, 1973 |website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[George Gervin]] (1970) former professional basketball player and member of [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]; in 1997, was voted one of [[NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team|NBA's 50 Greatest Players]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/george-gervin/ |title=George Gervin |website=michigansportshof.org |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1949)|Mike Taylor]] (1976) former NFL linebacker<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylMi20.htm |title=Michael Taylor |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Rod Hill]] (1977) former professional football player in the [[NFL]] and [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HillRo20.htm |title=Rod Hill |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ken Woodard]] (1978) former NFL linebacker<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WoodKe20.htm |title=Kevin Vickerson |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Derrick Gervin]] (1981) former NBA basketball player, 1995 [[Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gervide01.html |title=Derrick Gervin |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Roy Banks]] (1983) former professional [[American football|football]] [[running back]] who played two seasons in the [[NFL]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BankRo21.htm |title=Roy Banks Stats |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=2021-09-13}}</ref>
* [[Kerwin Moore]] (1989) former [[MLB]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mooreke02.shtml |title=Kerwin Moore |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Gerald McBurrows]] (1992) former NFL safety<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McBuGe20.htm |title=Gerald McBurrows |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Karon Riley]] (1996) former NFL linebacker<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RileKa20.htm |title=Karon Riley |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Adams]] (1998) former NFL defensive tackle and actor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-11-11-0711100527-story.html |title=Women in his life gems, solid as rocks |last=Haugh |first=David |date=November 11, 2007 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ron Johnson (wide receiver, born 1980)|Ron Johnson]] (1998) former NFL wide receiver for two seasons with the [[Baltimore Ravens]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnRo03.htm |title=Ron Johnson |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Kelly Williams]] (2000) basketball player who plays professionally in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelly Williams - Men's Basketball |url=https://goldengrizzlies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/kelly-williams/775 |website=Oakland University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Vickerson]] (2001) former NFL defensive tackle<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/V/VickKe99.htm |title=Kevin Vickerson |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Chris Greenwood]] (2007) former NFL cornerback<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeCh01.htm |title=Chris Greenwood |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Nick Perry (linebacker)|Nick Perry]] (2008) former linebacker for NFL's [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerrNi00.htm |title=Nick Perry |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Avonte Maddox]] (2014) cornerback for [[NFL]]'s [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MaddAv00.htm |title=Avonte Maddox |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Dequan Finn]] (2019) college football [[quarterback]] for the [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor Bears]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Perry A. |title=Detroit King's Dequan Finn flips to Toledo after Central Michigan firing |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/11/30/dequan-finn-toledo/2160522002/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Sauce Gardner]] (2019) American football player<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCabe |first1=Mick |last2=Dunlap |first2=Keith |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Meet the 2018 Free Press' All-Detroit high school football team |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/12/14/meet-free-press-all-detroit-high-school-football-team/2294794002/ |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]] |accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Jaylen Reed]] (2021), college football safety<ref>[https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/2020/04/penn-state-lands-jaylen-reed-4-star-safety-is-lions-first-2021-commitment-on-defense.html Penn State lands Jaylen Reed; 4-star safety is Lions' first 2021 commitment on defense]</ref>
* [[Jamar Pinkney Jr.]] (born 2004 - did not graduate), [[murder]] victim<ref>{{Cite web|last=Friedman|first=Emily|title=Teen Confesses To Molesting Sister, Dad Executes Him|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/father-kills-son-molesting-sister/story?id=9127703|access-date=2022-01-10|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dante Moore]] (2023), college football quarterback<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners   The Gatorade logo Winner Access Nominate    GATORADE 2022 - 2023: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Football - Michigan |url=https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/dante-moore/39368 |website=Gatorade}}</ref>
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