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==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>

* [[Coleman Young|Coleman A. Young]] (1934) first served in State House of Representatives, later becoming a Michigan State Senator; [[Mayor of Detroit]] from 1974 to 1994, the first African-American; outspoken person who lobbied at all levels for City of Detroit<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/news/young/cymed.htm |title=Coleman A. Young: Long-powerful mayor shaped Detroit, confronted critics and fought for racial justice |first=Bill |last=McGraw |date=November 30, 1997 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=April 4, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309033023/http://www.freep.com/news/young/cymed.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2005}}</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 athleteIndians; 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]]; playedformer fourbasketball seasonsplayer infor the Pistons & [[NBAChicago 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]] 1996 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 football[[defensive playerlineman]] atfor the [[UniversityMichigan ofWolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]].; [[New York Jets]] 1966 first round pick in the [[1966 American Football League draft|1966 pickAFL 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 participatingChampion in the [[1967mile, Pan1962 AmericanMichigan Games]]State andCross theCountry [[1968Champion Summerfor Olympics]]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=content.time.com |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>