Black School Patrons Named in the Durham County School Board Minutes
1900-1930
Rougemont School
Oct.1, 1917; March 11, June 15, and August 4, 1919 |
Reverend W. D. Smith |
Russell School
June 6, 1921 |
Charles Dunagan and John Mangum |
May 2, 1927 |
Gep Mack |
Hickstown School
September 1, 1919 |
Henry Lyon |
Pearsontown School
May 30, 1920 |
Haywood Dodson, Oscar Page, and J. L. Page |
Lillian School
June 7, 1920 |
Eugene Rogers, Arthur Green, M. J Rogers, and Robert Rogers |
August 2, 1920 |
Eugene Rogers |
Page School
October 16, and November 6, 1922 |
Atkins Farrington and Sid Hayes |
March 4, 1924 |
Atkins Farrington |
Barbee Chapel
November 6, 1922 |
James Nunn |
Union
October 2, 1922 |
W. O. Carlton, Doc Scott, Mrs. Hedgepath, Joseph Eades, W. P. Green, and C. E. Carlton |
Mill Grove
May 5, 1924 |
W. D. Dunagan, J. S. Holloway, Duncan Meeks, and Ed Meeks |
Of all the many African Americans who appeared before the school board, only these few were named in the minutes. The minutes usually noted that “a delegation of colored (or negro) patrons appeared before the board.”