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Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
ABC7 News· 4 days agoIt was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a friend's house several...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee Gifted New House, Built Where Her Family Home Was Burned Down...
People via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/Tribune News Service via Getty Opal Lee in 2024 Five years...
Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee holds annual Walk for Freedom in Dallas
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 4 days agoThe Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, is holding her annual walk in Dallas on Wednesday. The walk...
Opal Lee gets keys to new home 85 years after Texas mob drove family out
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton· 4 days agoOpal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old...
‘Juneteenth freed the people’: Opal Lee leads hundreds on freedom walk through Dallas
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoOpal Lee walked outside and waved. Wearing sunglasses, a blue T-shirt and red tennis shoes, Lee led...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Black leaders reflect on Juneteenth nearly 160 years after Galveston enslaved were freed
The Hill· 4 days ago“Juneteenth is a time to come together to celebrate freedom, liberty and the resilience that has...
Opal Lee's annual Walk for Freedom is just the beginning, Grandmother of Juneteenth says
CBS News· 3 days agoThe Grandmother of Juneteenth is sharing the love this year: the annual Opal's Walk for Freedom...
Opal Lee to make appearance at 2024 Tri-County Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant in Temple
KXXV Waco· 4 days agoTEMPLE, Texas (KXXV) — "Her petitioning to get Juneteenth a federal holiday is one of the many things that she accomplished — she's written many books and she's done a lot of things to model ...