The Jack Yates High School yearbook from 1993. (Michael Starghill Jr. for The Washington Post)A new chance in South Florida. He wasn’t on the same track as his friends, ...

Yates High School principal Tiffany Guillory, left, holds the champions' trophy with the team after the team's win over Life Waxahachie in a Class 4A regional final high school basketball game ...

Jack Yates High School opened in 1926 as the second African-American high school in the city of Houston. Named in honor of the Reverend Jack Yates, a highly respected minister and pastor, the ...

Years ago you could look in most public school yearbooks and find someone who was voted best dressed. ... The school colors at Jack Yates High School are red and yellow.

When Jack Yates High School alumni gather for their 50-year reunion this weekend, they will celebrate friendships, memories and an important era in U.S. history. Activities get under way at 7 p.m ...

HOUSTON — It's been more than 30 years since Roland Martin left Jack Yates High. But the award-winning journalist and TV host told us what he learned at the legendary Third Ward school has never ...