Dillard High School, located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, was the outgrowth of a private school founded in 1866 for Negro students. The Reverend Clarence Dillard came to Goldsboro in 1884 to serve as pastor of the Presbyterian (Shiloh) Church.
 
In 1894, Reverend Dillard became principal of the colored school as it was called then.  The building that Reverend Dillard saw erected was named Dillard High School. The Reverend Clarence Dillard retired in 1924 and was succeeded by Mr. Hugh Victor Brown. Dillard High School was accredited by the North Carolina State Department of public instruction in 1926 and by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1937.
 
In 1955, Professor Brown envisioned the return home of all his children who had graduated since the year 1926, to celebrate 30 years of accreditation of their alma mater. Professor Brown used all his possible resources to begin gathering addresses of alumni who resided mostly in the Northern States. Communication was established and plans were initiated for a mammoth homecoming celebration in 1956.
 
In 1969, the doors of Dillard High School closed and students were transferred to Goldsboro High School.  Dillard is now a middle school and house grades 7th and 8th under the leadership of Sylvester Townsend as the principal. High school students are able to apply for college scholarships through their guidance counselor.  
 
It is the responsibility of the National Scholarship Committee to use the scholarship criteria to select recipients and award scholarships made available to the organization by individual and group contributors. The committee is responsible for the Thursday scholarship and awards program.
 

The dream of one day seeing Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni & Friends, Inc. coming together on an annual basis in tribute to the great accomplishments of the school was realized through the efforts of H.V. Brown, principal.  He provided the atmosphere and set the stage for alumni members to fulfill this mission by organizing, chartering, and incorporating this association that we enjoy today.

In 2000, the old East End Elementary School at 801 E. Poplar St was purchased and renovated by the oganization, with the help of the City of Goldsboro  and the old gym was turned into what we now know as the H.V. Brown Fellowship Hall. 
 

Alumni and friends continue to return to Goldsboro each Memorial Day Weekend for homecoming celebrations and reunions in remembrance of Dillard and the dream Brown turned into a reality. We salute the memory of Hugh Victor Brown for his dream and legacy of unity and service he instilled into the members of Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni and Friends and to the Goldsboro/Wayne County community.