Oral History Interview with Fred McCain, April 2, 1984 Page: 40
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Marcello:
McCain:
Marcello:
McCain:fellow that ran it his way. Then, of course, they came
along with Coach Collins over there, and he was an extremely
straight guy. I mean, hey, you could do things, but you
weren't going to be a bum. He doesn't put up with it now.
He is sort of an assistant principal at the high school
here. He was a beautiful person.
Of course, I happen to believe that blacks like discipline.
I've never had a problem. I think they understand discipline,
and I think they really basically want discipline. If you
don't give it to them, then they'll run over you. But I've
never had any problem with them at all. Of course, I just
always said, "Hey, we're going to do it this way." There
wasn't any arguments; there wasn't any debate; there wasn't
any conflict. It was just, "Hey, it'll be done this way,
period."
At that time, did North Texas employ quite a few blacks
either as janitorial personnel or cooks and things of that
nature?
Janitorial and cooks, yes. That was about all.
I guess it was probably a pretty good employer for blacks?
Yes. See, we had all the different dorms with all the
different cafeterias, and then the custodial service. I
have a friend of mine named Will Gray. Will was on the
staff here, and we became friends in 1946. We used to
take a lot of our old clothing and give it to him, and he'd
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Cummings, Randy & McCain, Fred. Oral History Interview with Fred McCain, April 2, 1984, book, April 2, 1984; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223657/m1/42/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.