Nathalie James: Recalling Civil Rights Protests and Determination Against the Klan

ID: 149 ~ Source: The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: October 26, 2019
This file appears in: Fair Housing Activism in Harford
Harford Civil Rights Project

In this oral history clip from 2019, Nathalie James recalls taking part in protests for civil rights causes in the 1960s, including for fair housing. She also remembers Ku Klux Klan opposition and her father's powerful strength against the Klan. [Interviewer: James Karmel]

This file appears in: Fair Housing Activism in Harford

By James Karmel
In December 1959, United States Army Reserve Captain Brennie Hackley had a housing issue. Captain Hackley held a Ph.D. in chemistry and worked in the chemistry division of the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Center (ECC), a satellite of the Aberdeen…