There is some dispute about the first principal of Number 110. However, Maggie Moore is the principal most remembered. She is thought of as a disciplinarian. On one occasion, Ms. Moore was going to "whip" one of the boys. The student ran out of the building. No problem! She released the other boys in class to go and get the student. The youngster was
returned to class and the discipline was
carried out. The school did not become a
high school until the 1930's. In January
1940, the school was destroyed by fire
and Pilgrim Lodge Baptist Church was
again used as a school for the students.
From 1940 until 1946, classes were held
in the church and the Alger-Sullivan
Lumber Company provided the Negro
recreation building.

In 1946, a new school was built adjacent to
the recreation building. In December 1952,
the recreation building was destroyed by
fire and Pilgrim Lodge was again used as
a school. This continued until 1955 when
the present Carver site was completed. At this point, there were two school sites, an elementary school and a high school with one administrator.

The last Negro class to graduate from the school was in 1967. In the fall of 1967 grades eleven and twelve transferred to Century High School (white school) and from 1967 to 1969, Carver served grades one through ten. In 1969, Escambia County was forced to integrate its schools and Carver High became Carver Middle School; educating both black and white students, serving grades six through eight.

The Black Experience in Century

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