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On January 27, 1958, Worthing High School opened, relieving Yates. [16] Yates moved to its Sampson Street location in September 1958. Yates's former site became Ryan Colored Junior High School (now Ryan Middle School), named after the first principal of Yates. [7]
Oct 12, 2020 · George Floyd’s Jack Yates High School had been founded as a “colored school” in 1926 and was legally segregated for decades.
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Jun 18, 2020 · Emancipation Park, founded in 1872 by local black leaders to host a Juneteenth celebration, became a local geographic cornerstone, while Yates High School, the Houston Negro Hospital (later...
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Yates Colored High School, named after Reverend John Henry “Jack” Yates, was built in February of 1926 at 2610 Elgin Street. The school was the second high school for Houston’s Black teenagers, with Colored High School (b. 1893) being the first.
Jan 9, 2020 · Houston Independent School District leaders on Thursday announced Yates High School’s new status as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, becoming the district’s fifth high school campus to receive official authorization to offer the Diploma Programme.
Yates was established on February 8, 1926, as Yates Colored High School with 17 teachers and 600 students. The school, at 2610 Elgin, was the second school for African-Americans in Houston. At the time schools were segregated on the basis of race. Previously Houston had only one secondary school for black people, Colored High School.
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Yates High School is a high school in Houston, TX, in the Houston ISD school district. As of the 2021-2022 school year, it had 929 students. 75.5% of students were considered at risk of...
