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==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==

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* [[Michael "Clip" Payne]] - Musician for [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] since 1977.
* [[Abdul "Duke" Fakir]]<ref name=Maynard>Maynard, Micheline. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/arts/music/18stubbs.html Levi Stubbs, 72, Powerful Voice for Four Tops, Dies]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 17, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.</ref>
* [[Abdul "Duke" Fakir]]<ref name=Maynard>Maynard, Micheline. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/arts/music/18stubbs.html Levi Stubbs, 72, Powerful Voice for Four Tops, Dies]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 17, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.</ref>
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* [[Spencer Haywood]]
* [[Tim Meadows]]<ref name="SMG College Booking"> SMG College Booking '[http://sphinxmg.com/artist/Tim%20Meadows]'</ref>
* [[Tim Meadows]]<ref name="SMG College Booking"> SMG College Booking '[http://sphinxmg.com/artist/Tim%20Meadows]'</ref>
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* [[Michael "Clip" Payne]] - Musician for [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] since 1977.
* [[Ralph Simpson]]<ref name="freep">{{cite news |title=Ex-Spartan, Piston Ralph Simpson fond of his ABA, Pershing days |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120816/SPORTS03/308160187/1051/Ex-Spartan-Piston-Simpson-fond-his-ABA-Pershing-days |last=Ellis |first=Vince |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=August 16, 2012 |accessdate=August 19, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Simpson]]<ref name="freep">{{cite news |title=Ex-Spartan, Piston Ralph Simpson fond of his ABA, Pershing days |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120816/SPORTS03/308160187/1051/Ex-Spartan-Piston-Simpson-fond-his-ABA-Pershing-days |last=Ellis |first=Vince |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=August 16, 2012 |accessdate=August 19, 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Steve Smith (basketball)]]
* [[Levi Stubbs]]<ref name=Maynard/>
* [[Levi Stubbs]]<ref name=Maynard/>
Stubbs and Fakir met each other at Pershing.<ref name="Stars mourn Four Tops star Stubbs">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7693758.stm Stars mourn Four Tops star Stubbs]." ''[[BBC]]''. Tuesday October 28, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.</ref>
Stubbs and Fakir met each other at Pershing.<ref name="Stars mourn Four Tops star Stubbs">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7693758.stm Stars mourn Four Tops star Stubbs]." ''[[BBC]]''. Tuesday October 28, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.</ref>
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* [[Steve Smith (basketball)]]
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* [[Spencer Haywood]]


==References and notes==
==References and notes==

Revision as of 06:04, 4 April 2014

John J. Pershing High School[1] is a public high school in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is a part of Detroit Public Schools. It is in Conant Gardens,[2] in proximity to the residential areas.[3] It also serves Krainz Woods.[4]

In 2012 Kettering High School closed, and some students were rezoned to Pershing.[5]

Notable alumni

Stubbs and Fakir met each other at Pershing.[9]

References and notes

  1. ^ Home. Pershing High School. May 24, 2001. Retrieved on October 31, 2013.
  2. ^ "Pershing High alums celebrate 75 years." The Detroit News. April 6, 2005. Retrieved on November 6, 2012. "What made Pershing different was that it was built in the Conant Gardens[...]"
  3. ^ "Conant Gardens produced talent." The Detroit News. June 20, 2001. Retrieved on November 6, 2012. "The Conant Gardens neighborhood near Pershing High School never [...]. Conant Gardens is bounded by East Seven Mile, East Nevada, Ryan and Conant." - Also in "Conant Gardens' inspiring past comes alive." The Detroit News. June 28, 2001.
  4. ^ "High School Boundaries - 2012/13 School Year." (Archive) Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "4.-Kettering-High-School-Kettering-West-Wing.pdf." (Archive) Detroit Public Schools. p. 2. Retrieved on November 1, 2012. "Fisher Building – 14th Floor 3011 W. Grand Boulevard Detroit, MI 48202-2710"
  6. ^ a b Maynard, Micheline. "Levi Stubbs, 72, Powerful Voice for Four Tops, Dies." The New York Times. October 17, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.
  7. ^ SMG College Booking '[1]'
  8. ^ Ellis, Vince (August 16, 2012). "Ex-Spartan, Piston Ralph Simpson fond of his ABA, Pershing days". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  9. ^ "Stars mourn Four Tops star Stubbs." BBC. Tuesday October 28, 2008. Retrieved on November 7, 2012.

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