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Opal Lee gets keys to new home on family’s Fort Worth lot
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoOpal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair...
Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot...
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on ...
Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 1 day agoIn Fort Worth, a civil rights icon is finally coming home. Dr. Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of...
‘It means freedom.’ Piscataway Library hosts ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Dr. Opal Lee
News 12 New Jersey· 6 days agoAn American activist critical in making Juneteenth a national holiday was an honored guest Sunday at the Piscataway Library. Dr. Opal Lee is referred to ...
Biden appears to freeze, slur words during White House Juneteenth event
ABC St. Louis· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden appeared to have multiple senior moments during a Juneteenth celebration at the...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally...
Meeting Street holds community day for Juneteenth
WPRI Providence· 8 hours agoPROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Meeting Street held a family event on Saturday that included a Juneteenth story time by the Rhode Island Black Storytellers,...
Juneteenth: What it is and how to celebrate it
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRailroad monument in Maryland. If you don’t live out East, check out Black history museums, art installations and monuments in your area. Find them with...
Looking to celebrate Juneteenth? Here's a list of events happening across Texas
Austin American-Statesman· 2 days agoJuneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. This year, Juneteenth will be...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDespite this, June 19 continued to lack recognition as a federal holiday. In 2020, the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black...
