Coleman, Frieda, 1923-1982
Person
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Frieda L. Coleman, 1976 June 17
File
Identifier: OH 8122
Abstract
Frieda Lynn Coleman (1923-1982) was a social worker and an employee of the Family and Children's Society. In this oral history interview, she discusses the early days of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) in Baltimore, Maryland; picketing and police responses; Colonel William A. ("Box") Harris; the Omnibus Civil Rights Bill of 1964; Governor Theodore R. McKeldin and Lillie May Carroll Jackson; and the Baltimore riots of 1968.
Dates:
1976 June 17