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FILM, BROADCAST & PRESS

Documentaries, banquet footage, inductee interviews, and news coverage of the Prairie View Interscholastic League — collected here so the story keeps circulating. Items are grouped by format, newest first.

FEATURED

Forgotten League, Lasting Legacy: The PVIL's impact on Texas football

Crossroads Today

PRESS & SOCIAL

Documentaries, news segments, and articles about the league.

JPTV · JULY 2026

PVIL — Robert Brown feature at the THSCA Hall of Honor event in Houston

HOUSTON INSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS · JULY 2026

Robert Brown inducted into the THSCA Hall of Honor

2024

Robert Lee Brown: 2024 Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Inductee

2023

Black History Month Presentation — Katy ISD

Play video · KVUE

KVUE

Nearly a century later, L.C. Anderson HS recognized for football state championships

KVUE

History of Black Texas high school athletics looks for a permanent home

DOCUMENTARY

Thursday Night Lights — PVIL

LEGENDS

PVIL Legend — Ernie Banks

Coach Robert Brown at the THSCA Hall of Honor induction

HBCU FOOTBALL · JULY 2026

THSCA inducts Robert Brown

The Texas High School Coaches Association inducted PVILCA chairman Robert Brown into its Hall of Honor. A Texas Southern standout who played at Galveston Central and La Marque Lincoln, he coached football, baseball, basketball, and track across four decades in Houston. “This is the pinnacle of honors in high school football.”

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SPECTRUM NEWS · FEB 2022

Texans continue to make Black history in sports

Texas sports history would be incomplete without the contributions of Black athletes and coaches. Jerry LeVias, Julius Whittier, and Retha Swindell opened doors; Robert Brown, Toyelle Wilson, Teri Saunders, and Clay Myers are keeping them open.

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE

PVILCA 43rd Annual Banquet

Coverage of the Hall of Honor induction weekend in Houston.

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“Thank you to Robert Brown and the PVILCA for allowing us to display these tributes for Black History Month.”

@uiltexas · February 7, 2019

X / TWITTER

Texas UIL honors the PVIL

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FACEBOOK · JAN 31, 2026

PVILCA reel

I Got a Story to Tell

Unnecessary Roughness with Q. Myers — Hour 2

PODCAST

Unnecessary Roughness with Q. Myers

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BANQUETS & INTERVIEWS

Banquet footage and inductee interviews, 2012 to 2023.

2023 Banquet Presentation

Reel shared by @tracey.d.armstrong

INSTAGRAM · 2023

PVILCA Banquet presentation

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2016

Banquet Video

2016

PVILCA Banquet — Blacks In Motion

2015

Cheryl's induction into the PVILCA Hall of Honor

2014

PVILCA Banquet — Blacks In Motion

2012 · CHAIRMAN

Robert Brown

2012 · BOARD MEMBER

Leon “Big Hamp” Hamilton

2012 · GUEST SPEAKER

Delvin Williams, former NFL All-Pro running back

2012 · INDUCTEE

Charlie Brown

2012 · INDUCTEE

Ray Seals

2012 · INDUCTEE

Beverly Day Humphrey

BANQUET PHOTOS

Photographs from the Hall of Fame banquets, 2020 to 2026.

2026 Hall of Fame Banquet

PVILCA Banquet Guests

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2025 Hall of Fame Banquet

2025 PVILCA Banquet

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2024 Hall of Fame Banquet

PVILCA Chairman Robert Brown - Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

PVILCA Chairman Robert Brown.

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2022 Hall of Fame Banquet

Banquet Program Cover. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

PVILCA Chairman Robert Brown. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Michael Hurd, author, Thursday Night Lights. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Wheatley Wildcats memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Kenny Houston memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Cliff Branch memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

A Look Back at Segregation. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Pat Patterson memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

"Mean" Joe Green memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Billy Owens helmet from 1949. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

History of the PVIL. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

"A League of Their Own" newspaper article. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

PVILCA Chairman Robert Brown and Coach Cydryce "Cyd" Carter McMillian. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Coach David Green Beaumont United High School. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

PVILCA Chairman Robert Brown and Pastor Randy Phillips - Life Family Church. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

PVIL Memorabilia. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Thursday Night Lights - The Story of Black High School Football in Texas, by Michael Hurd. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Rick Godfrey and wife Puddin. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

PVILCA Banquet. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Hall of Fame Inductee Karl Godine. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Inductee Melba Hosey and family. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Tolaysia Harris, Zhy Juan Jones, Frank Jones, Zoey Jones. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

Banquet Program Cover. Photo by Burl "The Coach" Jones.

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2021 Hall of Fame Banquet

From left, Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green, PVILCA Chairman of the Board Robert Brown, and Leroy Mitchell at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport in Houston on July 17, 2021.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet.

Doris and Leroy Mitchell at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet.

PVILCA Chairman of the Board Robert Brown at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet.

Memorabilia display at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet.

From left, Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green, PVILCA Chairman of the Board Robert Brown, and Leroy Mitchell at the 2021 PVILCA Hall of Fame banquet at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport in Houston on July 17, 2021.

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2020 Scholarship Recipients

Coreyanna Gorrer - 2020 Scholarship Recipient

Christian Stafford - 2020 Scholarship Recipient

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