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Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 4 days agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....
Opal Lee, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Honored With the Presidential Medal of Freedom
BET.com· 4 days agoOpal Lee, who is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” has been recognized with the nation's...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee of Texas honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denton Record-Chronicle· 3 days ago"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee was one of 19 recipients this year of the Presidential Medal of...
Michelle Yeoh Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden
People via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDonahue, Medgar Evers (posthumous), Al Gore, Clarence B. Jones, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 4 days agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old “grandmother of Juneteenth,” will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Friday, officials said. President ...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 4 days agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others
WHYY· 4 days agoClyburn’s endorsement of his longtime friend Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ honored
The Columbian· 3 days agoOpal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, White House...
President Joe Biden Awards 19 Americans With Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Black Enterprise· 2 days agoThe Medal of Freedom awardees included several cultural civil rights figures such as Opal Lee and...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee one of 19 Presidential Medal of Freedrom recipients
The Daily Sentinel· 3 days agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old "grandmother" of Juneteenth, was one of the 19 people who were awarded the...