Miami Northwestern Senior High School

Liberty City

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Miami Northwestern Senior High School formally opened in September 1955 and was located off 12th Avenue and 71st street. The mascot BULL comes from Dorsey. Once the new school opened, the former graduates from Dorsey would call it the New Bull. There are several graduates still living today from Dorsey. With the explosion of the "baby boom" children needing higher education in the second largest school district in the U.S., Florida's state officials deemed Miami, Florida as a major problem in secondary schools needed as early as 1953. Miami Northwestern was one of the schools in Dade County built to accommodate more students. At this time when Miami Northwestern opened, it served only the black residents of Dade County, along with some schools that had been turned into middle schools such as George Washington Carver, Mays and North Dade Middle Schools were all high schools for the black (negro) residents of Dade County, FL. The class of 1966 all over Dade County stopped having segregated schools, and most of the students from Booker T. Washington came over to Northwestern (and Miami Jackson Senior High School in 1967- 1968 to complete the following years of school. The original school boundaries were 71st Street on the north; 69th Street on the south; 12th Avenue on the west, and 10th Avenue on the east roughly where the new track and field area is today. Part of the new construction of Northwestern is located where some units of a public housing area (commonly called "The Village") used to be years ago. In 1960, the real student crunch hit Dade County. Dade Junior College (later changed its name to Miami Dade Community College North, known today as Miami Dade College) was one of the higher learning 2-year institution experiencing an overload of college-bound high school graduates. Miami Northwestern was chosen to relieve that overage demand with the formulation of Dade Junior College Northwest branch. This branch was moved back to the main campus in 1962. Besides the academic studies for all high school students in place at Northwestern, a comprehensive trade division was also installed in 1955 where students could learn a trade to start work immediately after graduation, making Miami Northwestern a full service community school.

Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, member of the Florida House of Representatives
Wilkie D. Ferguson - first Florida African-American Federal Judge; United States Court House located in Miami, Florida was named in his honor
John Marks - Class of 1965 - Mayor of Tallahassee
Alisha Thomas Morgan, state representative; Atlanta, Georgia
Cynthia Stafford - member of the Florida House of Representatives
Frederica Wilson - member of U.S. House of Representatives
Dave McDaniels - Class of 1963 - wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys, played collegiately at Mississippi Valley State University
Melvin Bratton - Class of 1984 - running back, Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Brett Perriman - Class of 1984 - wide receiver, New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Marvin Jones - Class of 1990 - linebacker, New York Jets, played collegiately at Florida State University
Nate Webster - Class of 1996 - linebacker, Denver Broncos, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Marvin "Snoop" Minnis - Class of 1996 - wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, played collegiately at Florida State University
Vernand Morency - Class of 1998 - running back, Green Bay Packers, played collegiately at Oklahoma State University
Antonio Bryant - Class of 1999 - wide receiver, Cincinnati Bengals, played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh
Vernon Carey - Class of 1999 - offensive tackle, Miami Dolphins, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Torrie Cox - Class of 1999 - cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh
Tony Martin - San Diego Chargers and Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins
Anthony Gaitor - Tampa Bay Buccaneers, played collegiately at Florida International University
Lavonte David - Class of 2008 - linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, played collegiately at the University of Nebraska
Jacory Harris - Class of 2008 - quarterback, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Sean Spence - Class of 2008 - linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Tommy Streeter - Class of 2008 - wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Marcus Forston - Class of 2008 - defensive tackle, New England Patriots, played collegiately at the University of Miami
Trevor Ford - Class of 2004 - Defensive Back, Green Bay Packers
Teddy Bridgewater - Class of 2011 - quarterback, Minnesota Vikings, played collegiately at the University of Louisville
Amari Cooper - Class of 2012 - wide receiver, played collegiately at the University of Alabama
Darwin Thompson.-Class of 2013-running back, played collegiately at the University of Utah
Barrington Irving - first black pilot to fly solo around the world
Les Brown - Motivational speaker