78-644: The Texas Southern Tigers represent Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas , in intercollegiate athletics. They field sixteen teams including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, and track and field; women's-only bowling, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball; and men's-only baseball and football. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference . The baseball program's first season
156-504: A Cleaning and Pressing Program. In 1997, a geographic area south of Interstate 45 was rezoned from Austin High School to Yates. After the 2000 opening of Chávez High School , portions of the Yates boundary were reassigned to Austin High School. From 1998 through 2002, the school reported that 99% of students graduating from Yates planned to attend colleges and universities. In response
234-464: A course but otherwise had passing grades to do cleaning work to make up for the absences. HISD asked Yates to change its policy. Yates competes in several sports, but the most prominent and successful sport on campus is boys' basketball. In 1994 Andrew W. Miracle, the author of Lessons of the Locker Room: The Myth of School Sports , wrote that the athletics programs at Yates High School have
312-402: A death of a police officer. Nearly 500 students were arrested. Although media sources reported this as a riot, there were no reports of looting, destruction of property, or resistance of any arrest. Furthermore, the reports failed to mention the prior invasion of police officers on campus, or the reports of students getting roughed up on campus. The police raid caused over $ 10,000 of damage and it
390-642: A longtime TSU art instructor, about African influences in U.S. culture and mothers: Mothers of "the Fathers and the Son" and Dere's a "Han Writin on de Wall" . He was educated by the founder of the TSU art school, Dr. John T. Biggers . It, as part of the Black Power movement, was Johnson's senior project, as the university at the time allowed its students to create murals on campus property. African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
468-587: A member-school of The Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Enrollment is at approximately 600 students. The Texas College for Negroes was initially housed in Austin, Texas but was eventually transferred to Texas Southern University's campus. The creation of the Law School did not have the support of Thurgood Marshall or the NAACP. However, in 1976 now U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, agreed to name formally
546-405: A parent and alumnus of Yates quoted in a 2003 The New York Times article, Larry Blackmon, stated that "Absolutely, positively, no way. You'd get more of an accurate count asking elementary kids if they plan to go to college." Around 2003, Yates' principal hired several uncertified teachers and substitute teachers, using them to replace experienced but more highly paid teachers who were fired by
624-462: A remodeling, but the school was still overcrowded as the enlarged facility was designed for 1,600 students. By March 1954 the student body was over 3,000. As a result of the overcrowding the Southern Association of Secondary Schools pulled Yates's accreditation. In 1955, as a new Allen Elementary School opened in a neighborhood far from its original location, the former Allen campus, in what
702-432: A settlement agreement. Kenneth Davis, who previously served as the principal of Dowling Middle School (now Lawson Middle School) and as a supervisor of HISD middle school principals, became the principal of Yates at that time. In June 2018, Tiffany Guillory became the principal. In December 2022 HISD administrators placed her on leave. The district leadership did not publicly state why the leave had occurred. Residents in
780-670: A sports team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Texas Southern University Texas Southern University ( Texas Southern or TSU ) is a public historically black university in Houston . The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Texas Southern University
858-543: A symbol of solidarity in the Third Ward." In June 2016, members of the Jack Yates and HISD communities held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new campus. A $ 59.4 million campus was completed next to the old campus in summer 2018. 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
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#1732876840217936-481: A unit of Houston Housing Authority (HHA) public housing , is zoned to Yates. In addition, Cambridge Oaks, a university housing complex, is zoned to Yates. Cambridge Oaks houses University of Houston students who have dependent children and is the institution's designated family housing unit. The current Yates campus has the Crimson & Gold Café as its cafeteria, and it has eight science laboratories. The campus
1014-588: Is Prairie View A&M. The Texas Southern Baseball team competes in the SWAC and plays home games at MacGregor Park . They were back-to-back conference champions in 2017 and 2018. They won the SWAC baseball tournament in 2004, 2008, and 2015. Michael Robertson was hired as head coach in 2009. Texas Southern Volleyball competes at the HP&;E Arena. Texas Southern University Volleyball won their first SWAC ring in 1989 against Southern University (3–0). Prior to receiving rings,
1092-649: Is an important institution in Houston's Third Ward. Alvia Wardlaw of Cite: The Architecture + Design Review of Houston wrote that the university serves as "the cultural and community center of" the Third Ward area where it is located, in addition to being its university. The university also serves as a notable economic resource for Greater Houston , contributing over $ 500 million to the region's gross sales and being directly and indirectly responsible for over 3,000 jobs. Texas Southern University intercollegiate sports teams,
1170-781: Is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a "doctoral university with higher research activity" comprising several schools and colleges along with several scholastic and research programs. Texas Southern University's main library is the Library Learning Center. The Library Learning Center is home to the Thomas F. Freeman Honors College, computer labs, study rooms, tutorial services, an African Art Gallery, The Heartman Collection, and many types of valuable archives. The Thurgood Marshall School of Law building also houses an extensive library. As of fall 2022, approximately 83% of
1248-579: Is granted by Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries . The TSU Science Center building is home to several scholastic programs, such as the Houston Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Program (H-LSAMP). It also houses several research programs, such as the NASA University Research Center for Bio-Nanotechnology and Environmental Research (NASA URC C-BER), Maritime Transportation Studies and Research, as well as
1326-613: Is located between Texas Southern University and the University of Houston. In 2012, Richard Connelly of the Houston Press ranked the previous 1958 Yates campus as the second most architecturally beautiful high school campus in Greater Houston . Connelly said that "Some would call this generic, but we like the proud `60s style." In 2018, the school had approximately 900 students. About 90% African-American and 10% Hispanic, In 2010,
1404-606: Is now Midtown , became the Yates Annex, a school for black 7th graders. In 1956, the annex was converted into J. Will Jones Elementary School. On January 27, 1958, Worthing High School opened, relieving Yates. 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. The HISD school board forced Holland to stay at Ryan Middle School instead of moving onto
1482-556: Is now a U.S. Post Office. TSU journalism professor Serbino Sandifer-Walker worked for nearly two years with the Texas Historical Commission, the original students who led the march, and many other stakeholders, to have the historic marker designated on March 4, 2010, the fiftieth anniversary of that sit-in. On May 17, 1967, it was reported that students at TSU rioted on campus. When officers responded thousands of shots were fired and there were injuries on both sides including
1560-506: Is number one overall of Houston and Galveston stations for its Sunday format and its Friday format of Golden Oldies. See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal Yates High School Jack Yates Senior High School is a public high school located at 3650 Alabama Street, very near Texas Southern University , in
1638-456: Is recognized as a Tree Campus USA school for its commitment to preserving and increasing campus trees. The school's first structure was the Thornton B. Fairchild Building, built 1947–1948 and housing administration and classroom space. Temporary buildings served as faculty housing during that time. The Mack H. Hannah hall, designed by Lamar Q. Cato and opened in 1950, was the second building. In
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#17328768402171716-732: The National Pan-Hellenic Council , Students in Free Enterprise, Student Business Leadership Organization (SBLO), Living Testimony Gospel Ministry, TSU Dance Company, HER TSU, Women of GOLD, CSL (Caribbean Student Organization), Boys to Men, Campus PALS, Collegiate 100, Hispanic Student Association (HSA), African Student Association (ASA), California Club, Midwest Club, Louisiana Club, Political Science Club, National Society of Black Engineers , Pre-Law Society, Pre-Alumni Association, University Program Council (UPC), and Student Government Association (SGA). The Texas Southern debate team
1794-472: The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Texas Southern is part of the Western Division in SWAC divisional sports. Men's varsity sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, and track and field. Women's varsity sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, dance (TSU Tiger Sensations), cheer, track and field, and volleyball. Texas Southern's most well-known rival
1872-750: The Texas Education Agency in 2005. The 2005 enrollment was below 50% of the enrollment 20 years prior. In a 2005 Houston Chronicle article Bill Miller, president of the Yates High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association, criticized the decrease in enrollment. Many students in the Yates High School attendance zone instead chose to attend other high schools. Miller proposed having HISD end its open enrollment policies. In an e-mail sent in 2010, HISD board member and former Yates student Paula Harris said that she
1950-578: The Tigers , compete in NCAA Division I and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) . Texas Southern is home of the Ocean of Soul marching band. On March 7, 1927, the Houston Independent School District board resolved to establish junior colleges for each race, as the state was racially segregated in all public facilities. The resolution created Houston Junior College, which later became
2028-511: The University Interscholastic League (UIL). In February 2012, Yates was reclassified as a UIL 3A school, down from the 4A level. In 2010, Paul Knight of the Houston Press reported that, "no high school basketball team in the state and perhaps the country has played better than Yates." As of 2010, only two of the players on the basketball team were not from the Third Ward . In March 2010, Yates' boys basketball team
2106-511: The "Best Business Schools" by the Princeton Review . JHJ School of Business is consistently one of the highest ranked business schools from a public HBCU in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The College of Education building consists of the Department of Counseling, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Department of Educational Administration & Foundations, and
2184-470: The "Law School of Texas Southern University," the "Thurgood Marshall School of Law." Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) operates public transportation services, including buses and the METRORail tram service, which serve the university. The METRORail Purple Line station serving the university is Robertson Stadium/UH/TSU station . In June 2019 Texas Southern University became home to
2262-484: The "pride" present in the school, the students' compliance with the school uniform policy, and hallways that were "clean enough to eat on". Yates, along with Sam Houston High School and Kashmere High School , was low-performing in test scores from 2001 to 2004. Because of this problem, there were movements to have the state or another organization take over the schools for a period so the test scores would be at acceptable levels. Yates received an "acceptable" rating from
2340-400: The 2013 and 2014 postseason. In addition to serving as a training unit for TSU students, the station was established to serve the university at the program level as well as Greater Houston by presenting various types of TSU athletic, educational, cultural and social programs to a primarily listening area within a 10-mile (16 km) radius of the university. A 1973 survey indicated that radio
2418-549: The Center for Transportation Training and Research, and the National Science Foundation Center for Research on Complex Networks. The departments of Engineering, Transportation Studies, Computer Science, Industrial Technology, Physics, and Aviation Science and Technology academic programs are housed in the building. TSU is the only four-year state supported university in Texas to offer a Pilot Ground School course and
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2496-825: The Department of Health and Kinesiology. The college has an enrollment of approximately 1,000 in undergraduate and graduate studies. In 2014, the National Council on Teacher Quality ranked TSU's College of Education 56th in the nation for best secondary education programs and gave the college a "top-ranked" distinction. An extensive set of curricular offerings is provided through the Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, which offers courses in Administration of Justice (AJ), Political Science (POLS), Public Affairs (PA), Military Science (MSCI), and Urban Planning & Environmental Policy (UPEP) on
2574-576: The Governor of Texas appointed board of trustees targeted the university's sitting president and changed its bylaws to give the board the power to remove anyone employed by the university. The board first suspended and then fired president Austin Lane, alleging that he failed to inform them about allegations of fraud committed by a former assistant dean at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law . Lane disputed
2652-635: The Houston Baptist Academy as the Houston College, the school offered a special opportunity to the black children of the community who sought an alternative to the Colored High School of the public school system. Yates has HISD's magnet program for communications: broadcast TV, radio, print, and photography. Yates also houses a maritime studies magnet program. In 2010, Paul Knight of the Houston Press wrote that "the school remains
2730-655: The Ocean of Soul, has won numerous awards and performed at Super Bowls , the Stellar Awards , many parades, as well as NBA and Houston Texans games. The 200-plus-member band alumni include Grammy award-winning jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum . The Ocean of Soul is complemented by The Motion of The Ocean , a female danceline which was featured on America's Best Dance Crew . Texas Southern sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (Championship Subdivision for football) in
2808-682: The STEM research program. TSU's NASA University Research Center (C-BER) addresses human health concerns related to crewed exploration of space. Programs like TSU's NASA University Research Center (C-BER) and participation in The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Preparation Program (LSAMP) support undergraduate, graduate and faculty development while helping to increase the number of US citizens receiving degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The science center also houses
2886-641: The State of Texas." Given the differences in facilities and intangibles, such as the distance of the new school from Austin, the University of Texas School of Law, and other law students, the United States Supreme Court ruled the new facility did not satisfy "separate but equal" provisions. It ruled that African Americans must also be admitted to the University of Texas Law School at Austin. See Sweatt v. Painter (1950). In March 1960, Texas Southern University students organized Houston's first sit-in at
2964-598: The Third Ward to the suburbs. Violence became more common and the facility was defaced with graffiti. William G. Ouchi, author of Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need , wrote that due to the loss of the middle and upper class students, Yates "fell on hard times." The Yates photography magnet school program began in fall 1978. In 1987, a survey at Yates showed that 108 female students were pregnant and 50% of them were having their second pregnancies. In 1989 Chester Smith,
3042-729: The Tigers moved into the new Shell Energy Stadium , built for the city's Major League Soccer team, the Houston Dynamo . It replaced the Alexander Durley Sports Complex as the home of Tiger football. 60 former members of the football program have gone on to play in the NFL . In 2018, TSU's athletics department entered a partnership with Under Armour . As part of the multi-year agreement, Under Armour will provide on-field and training gear for 16 varsity sports. This article about
3120-624: The United States with an accredited and comprehensive pharmacy program. COPHS is the first and only in Houston to offer a Master of Science in Health Care Administration degree. The Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is one of six public law schools in Texas and ranks as one of the most diverse law schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report . TMSL is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and
3198-611: The University of Houston, and Houston Colored Junior College , which first held classes at Jack Yates High School during the evenings. The school's name was later changed to Houston College for Negroes in 1934. In February 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt , an African American man, applied to the University of Texas School of Law . He was denied admission because of race, and subsequently filed suit in Sweatt v. Painter (1950). The state had no law school for African Americans. To avoid integrating
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3276-480: The University of Texas Law School, the state of Texas made several offers to Heman Marion Sweatt to keep him from going to court. They offered to establish the Texas State University of Negroes which would include a law school. Some black leaders welcomed the idea of having another state supported university in Texas, while many others felt as though the university was created to solely avoid the integration of
3354-520: The University of Texas, as well as other white institutions. In the end, they did not grant Sweatt a writ of mandamus to attend the University of Texas. Instead the trial court granted a continuance for six months to allow the state time to create a law school for blacks. As a result, the Fiftieth Texas Legislature passed Texas Senate Bill 140 on March 3, 1947, authorizing and funding the creation of Texas State University for Negroes as
3432-599: The Volleyball Team won SWAC Championships in 1986 & 1988. Then in 1990 & 1991 they returned with another ring against Prairie View (3–0). The last SWAC championship Lady Tiger Volleyball received was in 1994 against Prairie View (3–0). Texas Southern Softball team competes at Memorial Park in Houston. The Lady Tigers softball team won their first and second SWAC conference championship back to back years in 2014 and 2015. The Lady Tigers then went on to win their third SWAC championship in 2017. The Lady Tigers have also won
3510-460: The Weingarten's lunch counter located at 4110 Almeda. The success of their efforts inspired more sit-ins throughout the city, which, within months, led to the desegregation of many of Houston's public establishments. A historical marker commissioned by the Texas Historical Commission stands on the property of the first sit-in to commemorate the courageous acts of those TSU students. That property
3588-443: The allegations. Just prior to removing Lane, the board also changed its bylaws to allow it to "approve the termination of any position" at the university, a change that drew condemnation from several university governance experts as inappropriate micromanagement. In February 2020, the board of trustees publicly agreed there was no wrongdoing on the part of Lane and paid him nearly $ 900,000 in the buyout of his contract. A new president
3666-575: The area stated opposition against a proposal to remove Guillory, and the HISD board of trustees decided to retain her as principal. In 2023, Stephanie Square became principal. Several areas inside the 610 Loop that are south of Downtown , including the Third Ward , Timbercrest, University Oaks , Oak Manor, University Woods, Scott Terrace, Lucky 7, South Union, Foster Place, Washington Terrace , MacGregor Place, and LaSalette Place, as well as most of Riverside Terrace , are zoned to Yates. Cuney Homes ,
3744-542: The editor of the Houston Informer , had felt skepticism towards this proposal but ultimately asked Houston's African-Americans to vote for the bond and endorsed it in the Informer . In 1925, HISD originally proposed to have the school built for $ 100,000 (about $ 17373814.04 when accounting for inflation), but Richardson opposed this plan, prompting the district to revise the bond. The first principal, James D. Ryan, served from
3822-497: The first state university to be located in Houston. The school was established to serve African Americans in Texas and offer them fields of study comparable to those available to white Texans. The state took over the Houston Independent School District (HISD)-run Houston College for Negroes as a basis for the new university. Houston College moved to the present site (adjacent to the University of Houston), which
3900-502: The first HBCU to implement a Maritime Transportation degree program. Jesse H. Jones (JHJ) School of Business is located in a three-story, 76,000-square-foot building completed in 1998 and accommodates 1,600 students in undergraduate and graduate studies. The Jesse H. Jones School of Business is the first business school at a HBCU to be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB ) and been named one of
3978-414: The historic Third Ward in Houston , Texas. Yates High School handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Yates was named after Reverend John Henry "Jack" Yates , a former slave and a minister. Jack Yates and other leading blacks established the Houston Baptist Academy. Within a decade, the success of the school prompted Reverend Yates to reorganize
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#17328768402174056-627: The late 1950s many more buildings opened, including classroom, dormitory, and student union facilities. Completed in 2000, the 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m ) exhibition space displays a variety of historical and contemporary art. The museum is the permanent home of the Web of Life , a twenty-six-foot mural by world-renowned artist John T. Biggers , founding chairman of the TSU art department. Multiple TSU student-created murals are present in Hannah Hall. The building had two 1971 murals by Harvey Johnson,
4134-459: The most in the conference. Their combined record is 3–10, tying them with Alcorn State for the most wins by a SWAC school in the tournament. The women’s basketball team has appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament once. The Lady Tigers have a record of 0–1. The football team plays in the NCAA's Division I FCS as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). In 2012,
4212-660: The new Yates, and a petition from the community did not succeed in changing this. Schools in HISD were named after former principals William S. Holland and James E. Codwell. After the 1970 desegregation resulting from the Civil Rights Movement , HISD had established magnet programs and other alternative education programs. Many upper and middle class blacks sent their children to Bellaire High School , Lamar High School , and other schools previously only for Whites; until 1970 HISD counted its Hispanic and Latino students as "white." In addition, many black people moved from
4290-584: The only doctoral degree program in environmental toxicology in Southeast Texas . The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) is housed in the Spurgeon N. Gray Hall. COPHS has approximately 800 students. The 2016 pharmacy graduates had a 90% first-attempt pass rate on the NAPLEX which was above the national average (85%), third highest in Texas, and highest among HBCUs. TSU is one of only two public HBCUs in
4368-444: The opening until his death in 1941; William S. Holland became Yates's second principal that year. In 1927, the Yates building began housing Houston Colored Junior College, later Houston College for Negroes . In pre-desegregation times middle and upper class black families sent their children to Yates. By February 1951, Yates had 2,100 students. By that month Jack Yates had an addition that slightly increased student capacity and
4446-664: The part of coaches, and lying to the NCAA about previously self-imposed sanctions. Prior to the NCAA's verdict, the school had taken numerous corrective measures—including the April 2011 firing of football coach Johnnie Cole (2010 SWAC Football Coach of the Year) and vacating every game that the Tiger football team had won from 2006 to 2010 - including the 2010 SWAC Championship, their first championship in 42 years. The NCAA banned TSU's football team from
4524-609: The principal, prohibited the school newspaper from publishing a story about a pregnant student. In the 1990s, superintendent Rod Paige recruited Robert Worthy, who was previously teaching in the Pasadena Independent School District , to revitalize the school. Worthy removed most of the administrators and 60 teachers, making up about half of the faculty, within a two-year period to remove any pre-existing negative cultural influences from Yates. Worthy also established additional Advanced Placement courses and removed
4602-501: The principal. In addition around that time Yates had gone without a school library for over a year. In 2006, Houston mayor Bill White proclaimed February 7 as "Jack Yates Senior High School Day." In 2007, a Johns Hopkins University study commissioned by the Associated Press cited Yates as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class do not make it to their senior year. In 2008 Ouchi stated that Yates had improved during Worthy's term as principal, citing
4680-421: The region's first Shared Autonomous Shuttle in conjunction with a partnership between METRO, TSU and the Houston-Galveston Area Council. The shuttle can carry up to 15 passengers and travels using a pre-programmed route, equipped with a sensor and intelligent vehicle system to detect obstacles and avoid collisions. Texas Southern University offers over 100 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Texas Southern
4758-411: The removal in an editorial. Johnson himself expressed disappointment with the removal. Rudley later appropriated funds for possible restoration of memorials due to the negative reception. In 2014, TSU unveiled a $ 31 million, 108,000-square-foot, four-story structure named after the school's fifth president. In addition to having 35 labs, the facility is home to a Tier 1 University Transportation Center,
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#17328768402174836-411: The same kind of importance in the Third Ward as the athletics programs at rural Texas high schools do for their respective small town and rural communities. In the segregation era, Yates did not play games against white high schools. It was a part of the Prairie View Interscholastic League , an all-black sports league, from 1940 until 1968. In 1969 the Prairie View League was dissolved and Yates joined
4914-414: The school had about 1,200 students. Most of them were African-American. Of the remainder, 88 were Hispanic, 7 were Asian, and 3 were White. In the 2015–2016 school year, Yates gained over 110 students who moved from other HISD schools, while 738 high school students previously attending Yates moved to other HISD schools. Yates had 3,600 students in the mid-1980s. In 2001, by a margin of 700 votes,
4992-455: The student body are Texas residents. The top three feeder states are California (259), Louisiana (209), Georgia (93). The top three countries of origin (outside the U.S.) are Nigeria (58), The Bahamas (36), and Saudi Arabia (15). 64% of the student body identify as female, 36% identify as male. Some of TSU's over 80 student organizations include the TSU Royal Court, TSU Cheerleaders, Debate Team, Psi Chi Honor Society, all nine organizations of
5070-424: The student body voted for an Asian American as Mr. Yates, reflecting an increase in non-black students in majority black schools in the Houston area. Students at Yates are required to wear a school uniform. The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear
5148-430: The time schools were segregated on the basis of race . Previously Houston had only one secondary school for black people, Colored High School. In 1925 the school board stated that it would build a new black high school due to the increasing black population. The Houston Informer stated that the schools need to be named after prominent black people from the city and/or other successful black persons. The new high school
5226-442: The undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral level. The school sits in an 82,000-square-foot facility completed in 2008. On January 22, 2018, the university published a new establishment Center for Justice Research (CJR) in the Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs. The center is intended to create innovative solutions to criminal justice alteration and address challenges in America's criminal justice system. The award
5304-448: The uniform; parents must specify " bona fide " reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections. In 2020, Yates became the fifth HISD high school to become an International Baccalaureate school. Yates has HISD's magnet program for communications: broadcast TV, radio, print, and photography. Yates also houses a maritime studies magnet program. Prior to 2015, the school allowed students who missed too many classes to pass
5382-467: The western division championship of the conference nine consecutive years. The Lady Tigers are coached by Worley Barker and assisted by Jasmin Hutchinson In October 2012, the NCAA found Texas Southern University guilty of massive violations in 13 sports over a seven-year period from 2005 to 2012. The most serious violations occurred within the football and men's basketball programs, involving academic fraud, illicit benefits given to student athletes, lying on
5460-410: Was 1965, and it has been a member of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference since the start of the 1999 season. Its home venue is MacGregor Park , owned by the city of Houston. The program has appeared in 5 NCAA Tournaments . It has won five conference tournament championships and no regular-season conference titles. The men’s basketball program has appeared in ten NCAA Tournaments ,
5538-441: Was a feature of the titles. In 2008 incoming TSU president John Rudley had the murals painted over with white paint, stating that they were not high quality enough. A spokesperson initially said that the painting over was an error but Rudley later stated it was intentional. The director of the university museum, Alvia J. Wardlaw, who teaches art history, expressed disagreement with the decision. The Houston Chronicle criticized
5616-401: Was donated by Hugh Roy Cullen . It had one permanent building and an existing faculty and students. The new university was charged with teaching "pharmacy, dentistry, arts and sciences, journalism, education, literature, law, medicine and other professional courses." The legislature stipulated that "these courses shall be equivalent to those offered at other institutions of this type supported by
5694-598: Was founded by professor and coach Thomas Freeman in 1949. Freeman led the team for more than 60 years as the team rose to national prominence, according to his obituary in the New York Times. He is credited for training notable leaders such as former U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan , and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. while serving as a visiting professor at Morehouse College . He retired in 2017 and died on June 6, 2020. Texas Southern's marching band,
5772-474: Was generally the preferred source of information of African-Americans, particularly those with less than a high school education. By the late 1970s, the station had secured an ample audience and programming increased in scope. At the same time, the station increased its power range from 10 watts to 18,500 watts. According to the Arbitron Rating Service (ARS), KTSU has an audience of 244,700 listeners and
5850-557: Was reported over 3,000 shots were fired into the Lanier dormitory. There was little coverage that, the five students whom were charged with conspiracy and incitement of riot were all exonerated due to lack of evidence, or that the police officer died not from student fire, but the ricochet of Houston Police Department bullets. A Democratic presidential debate took place on September 12, 2019, in TSU's Health and Physical Education Arena . The university drew national attention in early 2020 when
5928-494: Was responsible for having a principal at Yates removed from the school and for having the new principal installed. In June 2015, Ericka Mellon of the Houston Chronicle wrote that members of the Third Ward community had "concerns about leadership turnover, weak academic performance and safety problems" and were "vocal with its frustrations at Yates". In May 2015, Donetrus Hill, then the principal of Yates, resigned and took
6006-419: Was to be named after Jack Yates , a prominent black Houstonian, and the original colored high school was renamed Booker T. Washington High School . The original Yates High was built from a $ 4 million (about $ 69495256.17 when accounting for inflation) bond program, which included $ 500,000 (about $ 8686907.02 when accounting for inflation) to renovate 17 existing schools and build new schools. Clifton Richardson,
6084-464: Was to be named in 2020. In February 2020, one month prior to the visit of a site visit team representing the university's regional accreditor, the board partially repealed the new bylaws that allowed them to fire any university employee. The university has more than 45 buildings on a 150-acre (0.61 km ) urban gated campus centrally located in Houston. The campus is two miles southeast of downtown Houston and five miles east of Uptown Houston . TSU
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