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GAYLE, James (b. 1938)

Notable infoAfrican American North Texas State University alumnus

Oral Histories

OH 1609

African American North Texas State University alumnus. Childhood in Waco, Texas, Artesia, New Mexico, and Fort Worth, Texas; experience as basketball player at Fort Worth’s all-black Terrell High School; comparison of race relations in Waco, Artesia, and Fort Worth; decision to attend North Texas and enroll in ROTC program; “neutral” stance of North Texas administration toward black students and “self-support” system among students; experience as a boarder in “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton; relationships with professors and white students; perception of what he gained from North Texas experience.