About Us

Initial efforts focused on saving the old school building in keeping with historic preservation standards, listing it on the National Register of Historic Places, and collecting and disseminating historic information about this school and five other schools for colored children in Currituck County (Gregory, Currituck Union, Moyock, Snowden and Coinjock).

HJCS is a membership organization and we welcome your membership/donation support and your stories, photos, and any artifacts from your experiences in any of Currituck's Colored Schools during this timeframe.

We believe it is important to take time to celebrate our heritage and to remember the path we have followed to be where we are today. The stories we share are about life in a poor, rural area of North Carolina in a segregated society where families were often self- sufficient and lived off the land.

Members of the Board of Directors: President, Alice Lindsey; Vice
President, Norma Williams; Secretary, Ruth Dillard; Treasurer, Vivian
Simpson; Directors: Paul O'Neal, W. Leon Saunders, Milton Etheridge, William
Parker, Willo Kelly, and Faye B. Phillips. Many school alumni and community
volunteers have all worked hard in support of our efforts.