Jack Yates
(1828-1897)
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John Henry "Jack" Yates (July 11, 1828 – December 22, 1897) was an African-American slave and later minister who became influential in the African-American community in Houston, Texas. Yates was born in Gloucester County, Virginia on July 11, 1828. Yates and his family moved to Houston in 1865. He later purchased an area in the Freedmen's Town area of the Fourth Ward. Yates became the pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, in 1868. The church was Houston's first African-American Baptist church. Yates established Houston Academy, a school for African-American children. He died on December 22, 1897. Yates High School in Houston was named after Yates.
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11 July 1828 Gloucester County, Virginia
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22 December 1897 (aged 69)
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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