Colored High School
Unknown subjects except for the lady in the front center – Mae Smith
Built in 1893, Colored High School was originally located in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town at 303 San Felipe (W. Dallas).
Pinkie Yates, daughter of Reverend John Henry “Jack” Yates, is the teacher standing on the left
Until the construction of Yates and Wheatley high schools in 1926 and 1927, respectively, Colored High was the only secondary school for Houston’s Black teenagers. The school was renamed to Booker T. Washington High School in 1928 and moved to its current 4204 Yale location in 1959.
Notable persons: Left, top row – W. L. D. Johnson / Far right, middle – Richard Locket
Right, top row – James D. Ryan (future principal of Yates High School)
Right, middle woman is Pinkie Yates (daughter of Rev. John Henry “Jack” Yates)