Dedication of the Tillman-Smart Parlor

This photograph was taken at the dedication of the Tillman-Smart Parlor in the Shaw Residence Hall on April 20, 1992. In the photograph are (l-r) UNCG Chancellor William E. Moran, JoAnne Smart Drane, and Bettye Tillman's son Ronald Sanders. In 1956, JoAnne Smart of Raleigh, North Carolina and Bettye Ann Davis Tillman of Wadesboro, North Carolina became the first African-American students to enroll at the College. JoAnne Smart Drane later became a member of the Board of Trustees.