Bertha Copeland: Memories of the Harford Interracial Dialogues project in Civil Rights Context

ID: 170 ~ Source: "Interview with Bertha M. Copeland," Harford County Living Treasures project of the Harford County Public Library: https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/hclt/id/158/ [accessed 28 September 2021] ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: March 4, 2011
This file appears in: Harford Interracial Dialogues
Harford Civil Rights Project

In this oral history clip from a 2011 interview, Bertha Copeland recalls the Harford Interracial Dialogues (HID) project, based in Aberdeen. She refers to HID as the “Harford County Innovative Dialogue group.” She explains that the group came about and functioned in the context of 1960s' civil rights initiatives in Harford: fair housing, and voting registration in particular. [Interviewer: Doug Washburn, Harford County Living Treasures project]

This file appears in: Harford Interracial Dialogues

By James Karmel
In the wake of the April 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and resulting national turmoil, two women in Harford County – one black, one white- decided more needed to be done to bridge the local racial divide. Both women were…