Bertha Copeland: the Hamilton Court Improvement Association and the Fair Housing Movement

ID: 166 ~ Source: "An Oral History by Bertha Copeland," Harford County Living Treasures, 3 March 2011 ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: 1960s
This file appears in: Fair Housing Activism in Harford

In this 2011 oral history excerpt, Bertha Copeland shares memories about the formation of Hamilton Court Improvement Association in Aberdeen and its role in the fair housing movement. [Interviewer: Doug Washburn, Harford County Living Treasures project]

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…