There was a football game, yes, but there were also parades ... That changed in the late 1920s with the construction of Jack Yates High School, named for the Black minister and post-emancipation ...

Updated Oct. 12 at 7:46 a.m. HOUSTON — Shortly before the kickoff of the 1992 state championship game, George Floyd, the starting tight end for mighty Jack ... football history. But for decades ...

The game honored Houston-native and former Jack Yates basketball player ... he went to Yates, he was a Yates athlete - he played basketball and football," said Floyd's nephew Brandon Williams.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- George Floyd's name is officially a permanent part of the Houston ISD playing field where he once rose as a football ... night to rename Jack Yates Field to George Perry ...