Farmer and Garms Say 'I Do'
Photo by Garrett Garnu
Chronicle Reporter Layla Farmer and Winston-Salem State University Photographer Garrett Garms tied
the knot on Friday, April 20 during a private sunset ceremony on the banks of the Currituck Sound in
Corolla, N.C. The couple will reside in Winston-Salem.
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black students.
"The vote was not unani
mous, but it nonetheless
made Wake Forest the first
private Southern university
to open its doors to black
students," stated Provost
Emeritus Dr. Edwin Wilson.
"After '62, progress toward
full integration was very
slow, but step by step, the
college became more sup
portive of and more hos
pitable to black students."
On Friday, Wake Forest
kicked-off a yearlong celebra
tion of the history-making
vote during a special gather
ing at the Brymm Welcome
Center dubbed "Faces of
Courage: Celebrating SO
Years of Integration."
"As we look back this
afternoon to 1962 and the
years that followed, we must
realize anew our debt to those
few men and women of
courage who challenged what
they saw as an injustice,"
Wilson said. "It was a prel
ude to the Wake Forest of
today... We have become, I
hope, in ways that could not
have been imagined 50 years
ago, an open university."
Dr. Barbee Oakes, assis
tant provost for Diversity
and Inclusion and the event's
organizer, said the decision to
integrate has allowed count
less students and faculty
members from a wide array
of backgrounds to come to
know and love Wake Forest
and to help enhance its lega
cy.
"Half of the audience
today would likely not be
here were it not for the
courage and bravery of peo
ple, many of whom did not
look like us," said Oakes,
who was recently recognized
nationally for her efforts to
promote diversity and inclu
sion on the prestigious cam
pus. "The impact of that
decision is reflected in nearly
every facet of the university
today. Although it was con
troversial and scrutinized at
the time ... integration was
absolutely necessary to fur
ther the mission of Wake
Forest."
A lunch counter sit-in
staged jointly by students at
Wake Forest and Winston
Salem State University in
1960 had given rise to calls
for integration on the WFU
campus. Trustees answered
that call with mixed emo
tions during their vote. Ed
Reynolds, the school's first
African American student,
arrived on campus in the fall
of 1962.
"We stood up as a com
munity in a room full of
people who were primarily
sitting down and said, 'This
is a value that we hold and
this is something that we
want to do,"' declared
Matthew Simari, a current
student trustee. "...It was a
victory for this entire com
munity."
WFU President Nathan
Hatch, whose office co-spon
sored the event, said Wake
Forest continues to make
strides in becoming more
inclusive. He read a 1970
A
SGA President
Tri Easton
quote from Reynolds - who
came to Wake from another
African nation, Ghana - stat
ing that he believed Wake had
improved its race relations
since the time he was a stu
dent.
"Ed acknowledged the
university had indeed come a
long way, and the same could
be said of more recent
progress," said Hatch, who
cited the addition of Muslim
and Jewish chaplains and the
establishment of the
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Trans
gender/Questioning
(LGBTQ) Center on campus
last summer among the
school's more recent accom
plishments. "Wake Forest is
indeed forging ahead... No
university is perfect, but
Wake Forest is engaged in
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the constant pursuit of bet
terment."
Dr. Herman Eure, a biol
ogy professor, was among
those who helped to change
the face of the university.
Eure, a member of the
Matthew Simori
school's Class of 1974. was
the first African American to
be conferred a WFU Ph.D.
He became the school's first
full-time black faculty mem
ber later that year. Eure said
the school's next frontier to
conaier will likely surround
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total inclusion today has
more to do with economics
than it has to do with race,"
he said. "You have to provide
the means ... for people to be
able to come to a place like
Wake Forest."
Oakes said Faces of
Courage celebrations will
continue in the 2012-2013
school year, with a slate of
programs designed to pro
voke thought and encourage
candid conversations among
diverse groups.
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