Interview with Herbert Bradley

M. Rayah Levy

Herbert Bradley

2019-06-13

Bethlehem Area Public Library

Herbert Bradley shares that his great-grandfather, Hiram Bradley, was the first Black person to arrive in Bethlehem in 1860, from Virginia. He was an indentured servant to Tinsley Getter, a white man. Later on, he married Emma Welch, a white woman, and worked for Bethlehem Steel. Herbert Bradley's father's name is Herbert Frank Bradley and worked at Bethlehem Steel as well as the Bethlehem Hotel. His mother's name is Leila, from Easton, Pa.

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