Wilson Daily Times, 29 July 1921.
Into the 1960s, outside the schoolhouse, nearly all public employment open to African-Americans involved low-skilled labor. However, though low-paying, the work was relatively steady.
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- John Batts, laborer, Town of Black Creek, 1917
- Lewis Batts, stationary engineer, Town of Stantonsburg, 1915
- Jane Amos Boyd, county home demonstration agent
- John H. Clark, U.S. Post Office mail carrier
- Rossie Bryant, public school maid, 1930
- Mildred Bynum, school lunchroom cook, 1930
- Archie Davis, street hand for city, 1914
- Irvin Davis, street department truck driver, 1930
- Mack C. Davis, street department foreman, 1930
- Washington Dickens, city street sweeper, 1920
- Charlie Dupree, janitor in common schools, 1916
- George W. Ellis, janitor, Wilson Graded School, 1918
- Erasmus M. Evans, electric lineman, Town of Wilson, 1917
- Marcus Floyd, laborer, Town of Wilson, 1917
- Carter W. Foster, county agricultural extension agent
- Bert Hagans, fireman, Wilson Electric Light Company
- Henry Hagans, city drayman, 1920
- Matthew Hayes, street department truck driver, 1930
- Rufus Hilliard, fireman, electric light plant, 1917
- Jesse A. Jacobs Jr., janitor, Five Points School, 1910s
- Ben Mincey, laborer, City of Wilson, 1918; city pipefitter, 1920
- Gus Mitchell, fire department, City of Wilson, 1918
- Thomas H. Nicholson, farmer and fireman, Elm City Electric & Light Company, 1918
- William D. Shaw, hostler, Town of Wilson, 1917
- Cecil A. Spellman, county agricultural extension agent
- Haywood Teacher, public service drayman, 1920
- Tommie Waddell, town laborer, 1930
- Sam Watson, city street sweeper, 1920
- Alford Williams, city street cleaner, 1920
- Offie Wiggins, laborer, Town of Wilson, 1917