Oral History Interview with Willie Stamps

ID: 54 ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: 2019

This file appears in: The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

Oral History Interview with Willie Stamps — Harford Civil Rights Project

This image depicts an oral history interview taking place with Willie Stamps at Harford Community College (HCC) in September 2019. HCC student Michael Brown is interviewing Mr. Stamps in the College's executive suite.

This file appears in: The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

By James Karmel

Born in 1940, Charles "Willie" Stamps grew up as a person of color in rural Mississippi. As a child, Stamps' family saved enough money and bought a small apartment house in Chicago. By the 1950s, many in the family had joined the Great Migration and…