North Carolina College for Negroes-Master of Arts degree of G.C. Hawley

Rev. Grover Cleveland Hawley’s (G.C. Hawley) Master of Arts degree from North Carolina College for Negroes, May 29, 1944.
Durham, NC.

Rev. Hawley was from Granville county, NC., and by the time he obtained his master's degree, he had been principal at Hawley High School, in Creedmoor, NC. for a number of years.

In the fall of 1936, Reverend Grover Cleveland Hawley, a 1931 graduate of the college and theological departments of Lincoln university, Lincoln, Pennsylvania, was selected to serve as principal of the Creedmoor Negro Elementary School.

During this same year Principal Hawley established a high school department
From 1936-1938, children either walked to school or were transported by the parents that were able to do so.

By the Spring of 1938, a school bus was purchased with contributions made by the parents, teachers and the county, which resulted in rapid student growth for the school.

The first class was graduated in 1939, and at that time the school was named, The G. C. Hawley School.

The school is currently G.C. Hawley Middle School.