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Month: February 2015

Christine Tolbert – Hosanna School – Present and Future

Cultural Change

Christine Tolbert shares the current uses of the Hosanna School since its restoration, and her hopes for the future impact of the school.

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Christine Tolbert – Hosanna School

Cultural Change

Christine Tolbert talks about Hosanna School, a small, one-room school house in Darlington where most African American children attended. The school was closed in 1945 and eventually fell into dis-repair. Ms. Tolbert discusses what went into saving and restoring the little school house.

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Christine Tolbert – Changing Face of Education

Civil Rights, Cultural Change

Christine Tolbert muses about what it was like to grow up in a rural area and what her education experience was like. She discusses varying stages of eduction, from the one room school house in Darlington, Hosanna, to Havre de Grace Coloured High, and including Central Consolidated High School.

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Gladys Williams – Civil Rights

Civil Rights

Gladys Williams shares about protesting for civil rights. She also discusses how she was a part of the local integration of the Girl Scouts and what it was like.

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Gladys Williams – Integration of Harford County Public Schools

Civil Rights

Gladys Williams shares about her experiences and role in the integration of Harford County Public Schools.  She was one of eight African-American teachers to be placed in all-white schools.

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Gladys Williams – March on Washington

Civil Rights

Gladys Williams talks about going to the March on Washington with her church.

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Harford Voices is an oral history exhibit developed by History students at Harford Community College. This website exhibits oral histories conducted with various individuals for a History class on the 1960s that took place during the Fall 2012 semester. The class instructor was Dr. James Karmel, Professor of History, Harford Community College. Additional oral histories were added from the Fall 2013 class, and will be updated as more interviews are completed.

Recent Posts

  • Christine Tolbert – Hosanna School – Present and Future
  • Christine Tolbert – Hosanna School
  • Christine Tolbert – Changing Face of Education
  • Gladys Williams – Civil Rights
  • Gladys Williams – Integration of Harford County Public Schools

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