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Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to receive eighth honorary doctorate for unwavering...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIn 2016, Lee — then 89 — traveled 1,400 miles in a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington,...
Opal Lee Fought To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday. Her Fight Isn’t Over.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis June 19 marks the second year the United States has observed Juneteenth as a national holiday....
The story of Opal Lee: Who is the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ and who smashed her home? | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 10 months agoColumnist Bud Kennedy has written about Fort Worth activist Opal Lee since 2015, when she talked...
Portrait of Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ unveiled in Texas Senate
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoStory at a glance Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States in...
Opal Lee helped make Juneteenth a national holiday. At 95, she's still got work to do.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter spending a morning in April at her 13-acre farm, a food bank and a fundraiser for a Juneteenth...
‘It’s amazing’: Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, is getting a new home for only $10
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where...
Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal...
Who is Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoMiss Opal Lee could become the first person from Fort Worth to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday,...
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...
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,...