Central High School isn’t just one of the oldest high schools in Detroit—it’s a launchpad for greatness. Walk these halls and you’re walking in the footsteps of legends. Grammy-winning music icons like Anita Baker and Grammy nominee Freda Payne. Billionaire philanthropist and business mogul Eli Broad. NFL star Antonio Gates. Nobel Prize-winning chemist Melvin Calvin. Longtime U.S. Senator Carl Levin. And even actor and talk show host James Lipton. This is a reminder that greatness was born here,