How it All Began…

In 1880, a one-room school was built on land given by Reverend Washington Winn and his wife, Temperance Brewington Winn. It provided education for African Americans in Mount Olive and the surrounding area.

The school grew, and eventually the Wayne County School Board took jurisdiction over the school, and it was named George Washington Carver High School, which was a segregated school for 1st through 11th grade.

With the onset of full desegregation of Wayne County Public Schools, Carver graduated its last class in 1970, resulting in all remaining students being transferred to Southern Wayne Senior High School in Dudley, NC.

In 1982, a group of former Carver students came together to establish the Carver High School Alumni Organization. The founding members included Rosalind Armwood Albernathy, Archie Bass, Cynthia Armwood Bass, Michael Blackmore, Joeseph Britton, Geraldine Manley brewington, Mary Williams Cobbs, Donald Faison, Alonzo King, Juanita Brock King, Bobby Kornegay, Katrina P. Kornegay, Caroletha Ward Langley, Lavernal Langley, Rev. Charles Lofton, Ann Durham Musgrave, Eliza Williams Newkirk, Rev. Morris Newkirk, Linda Paye Pigford, Shirley Fason Simms, Dora Flanagan Thompson, Floretta Williams, Nelly Southerland Williams, and Gwyndella Wilson.

The First officers were: President, Alonzo King | Vice President, Linda P. Pigford | Secretary, Dora Flanagan Thompson | Treasurer, Joseph Britton | Parliamentarian, Eliza W. Newkirk | Chaplain, Rev. Charles R. Lofton | Reporter, Nelly Southerland Williams.

The organization was officially chartered in August of 1983 and has been functioning and giving back to the community ever since.

Our organization is a 501-C4 non-profit. We primarily focus on maintaining the legacy of Carver High School and providing scholarships, peer support, education, life skills, and job readiness to our community, among other various events and services.