Prairie View Interscholastic League

The Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL) was the organization that governed academic and athletic competitions between African-American high schools in Texas for much of the 20th century.

PVIL competitions included athletic events, extemporaneous speaking, declamation and music.

[2] In 1939 Yates High School (Houston) coach Andrew "Pat" Patterson asked the principal of Yates, William S. Holland, to meet with E. B. Evans, the president of Prairie View A&M, to discuss regulating American football and establishing a football league.

[5] In 1964, discussions began on the possibility of UIL admission for black Texas high schools.

[6] The Houston Chronicle named a team of all-time PVIL football players in a 1992 list.

Yates High School (Houston), former member of the PVIL, was located in this building in 1939. That year the principal of Yates met with the Prairie View A&M to discuss establishing an American football league for black schools
Mel Farr, PVIL athlete and NFL All-Pro