HOUSTON - The high school field where George Floyd once played, is being named in his honor Thursday afternoon.
The Houston Independent School District's board unanimously voted in favor of renaming Jack Yates Field to George Perry Floyd Jr. Athletic Community Field back in September.
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Over the summer, the renaming committee members— which included students, parents, Jack Yates alumni, and community members— nominated the name George Floyd.
Yates High School has honored Floyd in several ways, including with a crimson and gold Black Lives Matter mural on Alabama Street in front of the school.
Jack Yates High School to honor George Floyd with two-block Black Lives Matter mural dedication ceremony
A mural dedication ceremony will take place over the weekend honoring the life of George Floyd at Jack Yates High School.
The school is named after Reverend Jack Yates, a former slave who is a huge part of Houston’s history.
After learning how to read, write, and do arithmetic at a time when it was illegal for blacks to do so, Yates also taught other black people. He went on to open the city's first black church Antioch Missionary, opened a school for blacks, and more, leaving behind quite a legacy.
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The history behind Jack Yates High School
It’s fitting for a school to carry his name because Yates not only learned to read, write, and do arithmetic at a time when it was illegal for black people to do so, he also taught other black people.