District 10-4A-DIVYPE Preseason AwardsMVP: Zane Obregon, SplendoraOffensive MVP: Damien Ruiz, LivingstonDefensive MVP: Caleb Pierson, HuffmanBreakout Player of the Year: Quentin Root, VidorSleeper Team: Little Cypress-Mauriceville... This grouping brings back a lot of defensive prowess along with some new signal-callers to step in under center. Vidor makes the move down from District 12-5A-DII to Class 4A, making them a clear favorite to win this district. Defensively, Jordan Smith was the Newcomer of the Year for the district and will be one to watch on the DL. Offensively, Trenton Conn will tote the rock for the Pirates, while Quentin Root has returned to the pirate ship to play QB.

Donald Bass Jr. and Susan Collier fled Hurricane Laura with $50 and haven't had enough money to get back home to Vidor. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas TribuneSign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. But after Hurricane Laura struck the Gulf Coast as a deadly Category 4 storm, she was even more desperate. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune Samantha, left, and David, right, Susans children on the couch area of their trailer. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas TribuneWhile Southeast Texas missed the brunt of the storms damage, Collier and her family were still desperate.

Shackelford, who is black and grew up in Tyler, began learning more about the virulent strain of racism and violence that runs through East Texas history, from 19th century lynchings up to the present day. My generation has had their opportunity to decide what the cause is going to look like.Historians tabulating the lynchings and other murders of black Texans in the 20th century estimate many of them happened in East Texas. White people burned down sections of their towns where black people resided and owned businesses and murdered black people without consequence. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least two Klan-related groups were active in East Texas in 2019. Unlike in some of the smaller East Texas towns, Tyler activists have been consistently protesting since Floyds death, and they have no plans of stopping.