Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983 Page: 1
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Oral History Collection
Raymond Clement
Interviewers: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello and Mr. Randy Cummings
Place of Interview: Denton, Texas Date: July 6, 1983Dr. Marcello:
Mr. Clement:
Dr. Marcello:This is Ron Marcello with Randy Cummings interviewing
Raymond Clement for the North Texas State University Oral
History Collection. The interview is taking place on July
6, 1983, in Denton, Texas. We are interviewing Mr. Clement
in order to get his reminiscences and experiences concerning
the integration of North Texas athletics.
Mr. Clement, to begin this interview, just very briefly
give us a biographical sketch of yourself. In other words,
tell me when you were born, where you were born, your educa-
tion--things of that nature. Just be very brief and general.
I was born in 1938 in Bowie, Texas, the son of, I guess,
what you'd call two extremely poor farmers. I went to a
country school until I finished the eighth grade and then
went to the large school system of Bowie High School, which
at the time had probably 250 students in the high school; but
you know, it was enormous from where I'd been. I graduated
from there in 1956. Do you need to know anything about high
school, or do you want to skip that?
I think we will eventually talk about your athletic career
in high school. When did you first start to play organized
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Clement, Raymond. Oral History Interview with Raymond Clement, July 6, 1983, book, July 6, 1983; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223649/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.