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President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Opal Lee during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Washington. Lee's persistent activism helped make Juneteenth a national holiday. Photo credit: Alex Brandon, The Associated Press
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Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Medgar Evers, Opal Lee, Nancy Pelosi and 15 others

  • May 4, 2024
  • By Darlene Superville
  • The Associated Press
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Opal Lee, left, applauds during a ceremony before raising the first wall to her new home on her family's former lot in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Lee, one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, attended a ceremony to watch as the walls are raised on new home. In 1939, a racist mob drove her family out of their home. Photo credit: Amanda McCoy , Star-Telegram via The Associated Press
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85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee’s family away, the Juneteenth advocate is getting a new home on the same spot

  • March 26, 2024
  • By Melanie Eversley
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," talks as she opens the front door of her home on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Opal Lee's dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized two years ago, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others. Photo credit: LM Otero
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Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ and ‘Just Mercy’ author Bryan Stevenson discuss national museum, legacy of slavery

  • June 19, 2023
  • By Sarah Bahari
  • Texas Metro News, The Dallas Morning News
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JUNETEENTH: New children’s book celebrates the official end of slavery in the United States

  • June 17, 2022
  • By Sandra Dawson Long Weaver
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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