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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 41 minutes agoPresident Joe Biden will be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Friday. The...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 2 hours agoOpal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she's being...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJune 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
How Lincoln dealt with depression and found greatness
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoWhat do you credit President Lincoln with accomplishing? President Lincoln consistently ranks in...
About This Alabama Bill To Make Workers Choose Between Celebrating Juneteenth OR Jefferson Davis’...
Black America Web· 16 hours agoFor all of the boasting the GOP has done lately about making marginal progress in attracting Black...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” the annual federal holiday recognizes the end of...
The beauty of hate: A literary analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Euphoria’
theGrio via AOL· 23 hours agoOPINION: Kendrick Lamar’s latest beef ballad elevates the diss record subgenre to an art form, and...
Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlthough President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, many...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 5 hours agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 5 hours agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....