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.”
