Harford County Memorial Project Meets for the First Time.

HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, March 25, 2019 -- Wednesday evening, the Harford County Committee of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project met to discuss the importance of acknowledging the history of racial terrorism in Harford County. The meeting explored ideas for community remembrance projects as a way to begin the process of healing and reconciliation. Dr. Iris Barnes, the curator of the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum at Morgan State University and the chair of the Harford County Committee, welcomed about 40 guests to the meeting. The names of victims in lynchings in Harford County were read and there was a moment of silence: Isaac Moore in Bel Air on July 22, 1868; An unknown victim in August 1868; Jim Quinn in White Hall on October 2, 1869; and Lewis Harris in Bel Air on March 27, 1900. For more information on the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project check out this Facebook page. 

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Will Schwarz, chairman of the state committee, welcomes the audience

Dr. Iris Barnes, chair for the Harford County Committee, welcomes about 40 people to the first meeting.

Harford County Community College's Dr. Stephanie Hacllock offers remarks.