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Pat CheekPlace of Interview: Denton, Texas
Interviewer: Richard ByrdMr. Byrd :
Ms. Cheek:Date: April 12, 1988
This is Richard Byrd interviewing Mrs. Pat Cheek for
the North Texas State University Oral History
Collection. The interview is taking place on April 12,
1988, in Denton, Texas. I'm interviewing Mrs. Cheek in
order to obtain her recollections concerning the Denton
Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship.
In order to get underway, Ms. Cheek, I'd like to
get a little background information on you--your
childhood, where you were born and raised, school, and
your earlier career.
I was born in Houston, and I lived there until I was
seventeen. My parents didn't think I should go to
college; but my best friend left to go to college in
Denton, and when she came home at Christmas break, she
told my parents all the exciting things about Texas
Woman's University and that I just must go. They said
they couldn't afford it, but mother had a friend who
had a little bit of money who said, "I'll pay for her
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Byrd, Richard & Cheek, Pat. Oral History Interview with Pat Cheek, April 12, 1988, book, April 12, 1988; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223677/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.