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Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
KDFW via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoFORT WORTH, Texas - The Fort Worth woman known as the grandmother of Juneteenth returned to the White House Friday to receive the Presidential Medal of...
Opal Lee's Home was Destroyed By An Angry Mob, But 80 Years Later She Receives A Special Gift
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt looks like Opal Lee is finally getting the justice her family deserves...too bad it only took 80...
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, ‘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...
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...
80 years ago, a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s home. Now, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ is...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMore than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth,...
What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...
