Bertha Copeland: Remembering the H. Rap Brown Moment in Harford

ID: 168 ~ Source: "An Oral History by Bertha Copeland," Harford County Living Treasures project of the Harford County Public Library ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: March 3, 2011
This file appears in: H. Rap Brown's Trial and a Car Explodes in Bel Air

In this 2011 oral history clip, Bertha Copeland remembers serving on a jury at the time of the H. Rap Brown trial. The trial almost occurred at the Harford County courthouse in Bel Air, where she was reporting daily as a juror on a different case. [Interviewer: Doug Washburn, Harford County Living Treasures project]

This file appears in: H. Rap Brown's Trial and a Car Explodes in Bel Air

By James Karmel
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