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“Grandmother Of Juneteenth” Opal Lee To Receieve Presidential Medal Of Freedom | Essence
Essence· 7 days agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
Guest Spot: The entire North Fork should celebrate Juneteenth - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 6 days agoObserved on June 19, Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It commemorates the day in 1865 when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston ...
Inside Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
theGrio· 6 days agoThe “Grandmother of Juneteenth” and the man who contributed to parts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Dallas Morning News· 6 days agoOpal Lee grinned and pumped her arms in excitement Friday after President Joe Biden draped the...
Discard the principle vs. compromise distinction
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoOne of the most basic conflicts in politics, and in life in general, is whether to stand by your principles or be open to compromise. Woodrow Wilson is...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee of Texas honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denton Record-Chronicle· 6 days ago"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee was one of 19 recipients this year of the Presidential Medal of...
Inside Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoIn a packed East Room, President Biden calls the class of recipients ‘incredible people’ whose...
New Tome Details North America's Uncivil Times
Houston Press· 3 days agoBook cover By now, there have been more gallons of ink spilled in chronicling, analyzing and Monday Morning Quarterbacking the Civil War than blood...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 7 days agoPresident Joe Biden will be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Friday. The...
These Fort Worth treasures have landed on list of city’s ‘endangered places’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 3 days agoWithout preservation, Fort Worth could have lost gems like the Stockyards, Public Market and Ridglea Theater.