95-year-old Aberdeen civil rights advocate awarded for seven decades of leadership in Harford County

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95-year-old Aberdeen civil rights advocate awarded for seven decades of leadership in Harford County

At 95, Bertha Copeland has dedicated most of her life to civil rights leadership in Harford County. Last month she received Harford Community College’s 2025 Harford Civil Rights Project Civil Rights Leadership Award for her lifetime achievement and dedication to civil rights. Born and raised in Florida in the middle of the Jim Crow era, she has lived much of her adult life in Aberdeen. She hopes her perspective on the importance of fighting raci…