JC Morgan community hosts first-ever reunion in High Point, Greensboro
The first JC Morgan reunion linked a Black landmark in High Point to a housing community on Gordon Street, turning memory into a full-day gathering.
Washington Terrace Park, once the Municipal Colored Park for African American citizens of High Point, anchored the first JC Morgan reunion as former and current residents gathered across two cities to reconnect, remember and preserve a neighborhood’s shared history.
The two-part event ran Saturday, May 30, with a Meet & Greet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Washington Terrace Park in High Point and an All White Party from 7 p.m. to midnight at Embassy Suites by Hilton Greensboro Airport, 204 Centreport Drive in Greensboro. Tickets were set at $80 per person or $130 per couple for the full package, while the White Party alone cost $40. Brunch at the daytime gathering was provided by Top Dawg Catering.
Organizer Tonia Brown said the reunion grew from a simple idea into something bigger, focused on fellowship, restoring bonds and remembering the people and traditions that shaped the JC Morgan community. That focus made the event more than a social outing. It became a way for residents and descendants to hold onto a place-based identity that has been stretched as families have moved away and generations have drifted apart.
The setting carried its own weight. Washington Terrace Park opened June 10, 1938, and city historical-marker materials say WPA funds helped build the park’s pavilion, bath house, showers, dressing rooms, pool, tennis courts, ball fields and picnic areas across almost 30 acres. The City of High Point says the park is now one of the largest of its 38 recreational parks and still includes a community center, performance stage, pool and waterslide, football and baseball fields, a playground and picnic shelters.
The JC Morgan name also remains tied to housing in the Five-Point area. The High Point Housing Authority lists J. C. Morgan Homes as a public housing property with 49 apartment buildings and 94 apartment units off Gordon Street. That connection gave the reunion a deeper meaning for Guilford County residents who see neighborhood identity as something built not just through memory, but through the places where people lived, played and raised families.
In a county where growth and change often dominate the conversation, the JC Morgan reunion pointed to a different kind of local story: one about preserving history, crossing city lines and making sure a neighborhood’s past does not fade as the community around it changes.
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