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Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ celebrates Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoFort Worth civil rights activist Opal Lee was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning,...
Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
KDFW via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoFORT WORTH, Texas - The Fort Worth woman known as the grandmother of Juneteenth returned to the White House Friday to receive the Presidential Medal of...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is up for a Nobel Prize. Here’s everything you need to know
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoFort Worth civil rights advocate Opal Lee is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Lee, nicknamed the...
‘Grandmother Of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee, Forced Out From Her Fort Worth Home By A Racist Mob In 1939,...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old civil rights activist who was forced to leave her family’s Texas home 80...
In Fort Worth, Opal Lee meets those who know her best: fellow teachers and ex-students
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOpal Lee has been barnstorming the nation, telling her heroic story of Juneteenth unity to colleges...
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ on how to spend the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCivil rights activist Opal Lee has one piece of advice on how to celebrate Juneteenth: help someone...
I Interviewed The Grandmother Of Juneteenth, Ms. Opal Lee, And Here's What She Had To Say About...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTo be honest, I hadn't heard of Juneteenth before a few years ago. When I was young, in the early...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoLongtime civil rights activist and "Grandmother of Juneteenth," Opal Lee, received an honorary doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University at its spring semester commencement over the ...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' honored with portrait in Texas Senate
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor the first time in more than 40 years, a new portrait will hang in the Texas Senate as Opal Lee,...
‘Grandmother Of Juneteenth’ On New Home Built On Land Where Her House Stood 85 Years Ago Before...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCivil rights activist Opal Lee, affectionately known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was 12...