page_title: History of African Americans in Houston
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: History of African Americans in Houston / Education
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context_page_description: The African American population in Houston, Texas, has been a significant part of the city's community since its establishment. The Greater Houston area has the largest population of African Americans in Texas. Black Enterprise has referred to Houston as the next black mecca.
context_section_description: Texas Southern University, is the largest HBCU in Texas and the only historically black university based in Houston. 
  Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas (immediately northwest of Houston) is the second largest HBCU and the second oldest public university in the state.
  Historically black high schools (schools reserved for black students prior to desegregation in the 1960s) in Houston include:
  Booker T. Washington High School
  Wheatley High School
  Yates High School
  Worthing High School
  Historically black middle schools include:
  Ryan Middle School (closed 2013)
  The Imani School is marketed towards African-American families.
  Opinions varied on whether the North Forest Independent School District (NFISD), which closed in 2013, was a "historically black" district, and therefore also the largest historically black district in the state to be closed; Kimberly Reeves of the Houston Press noted that the district had not been predominately African-American in the segregation era and remained so since desegregation, into the 1970s.
caption: Texas Southern University
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