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Yates’s Musical Legacy

By Houston History Magazine on April 30, 2026 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Education, Houstonians, Music

By Adithi Nythruva The first Jack Yates band was formed five years after the school’s opening, led by Charles B. Johnson, who, besides being a practicing dentist, was an accomplished trumpet player who instilled jazz into the young players. Photo courtesy of Conrad O. Johnson Collection, African American Research Center, Houston Public Library. The year 2026 marks […]

The Turkey Day Classic: Houston’s Biggest Football Rivalry

By Justin Thompson on December 8, 2016 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Education, Houstonians, Race & Ethnicity, Sports, University of Houston

It has been over 50 years since the last Turkey Day Classic was played, yet still to this day the game is the conversation among Jack Yates and Phyllis Wheatley Alumni alike. The classic initially began as a rotation of holiday games between Yates, Washington, and Wheatley High Schools in 1927. By 1946, the overwhelming […]

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