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Portrait of Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ unveiled in Texas Senate
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States in...
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· 11 months agoColumnist Bud Kennedy has written about Fort Worth activist Opal Lee since 2015, when she talked...
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· 2 months 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...
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to receive eighth honorary doctorate for unwavering...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIn 2016, Lee — then 89 — traveled 1,400 miles in a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington,...
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,...