Detroit charter school closes just two weeks before first day of class
“What are our kids supposed to do?” a parent asked. “Another black school closed down. More black kids cannot be educated.”
SUV full of high school students flips over, nearly strikes Masonic Temple in Detroit
The students were leaving nearby Cass Tech High School when the crash happened.
Martin Luther King Jr., supporters defied hecklers in Grosse Pointe speech in 1968
Those close to King noticed that his normally steady hands were shaking. His forehead glistened in sweat.
Charles Pugh may run, but he can’t hide from $1 million lawsuit over nude video, texts
Pugh may have escaped criminal charges, but now he faces a lawsuit against the teenager whom the council president paid for a nude video.
Live blog: Manhunt continues for inmate who stabbed deputy, escaped custody
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Photo Gallery: Hundreds of art pieces salvaged from Cass Tech before demolition
Tucked inside one of the school’s art rooms were hundreds of pieces of award-winning art dating back to the 1960s. A month before demolition began last summer, I scooped up the art in hopes of showing it once again.
Photos: Cass Tech remembered a year later
A year ago this month, demolition crews knocked down the final wall of the storied and mammoth Cass Tech High School in Detroit, shattering hopes of reviving the 93-year-old building.