Opal Lee

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January 2, 2024
Opal Lee and her family were burned out of their Fort Worth home more than 80 years ago. Now, she's…
February 10, 2023
Opal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,“ became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang…
February 19, 2022
Alice Faye Duncan speaks with the Grio about her new picture book, which tells the story of Juneteenth advocate Opal…
A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House
June 22, 2021
Another week of headlines sparking conversations and What’s In It For Us is helping us makes sense of what it…
Opal Lee, theGrio.com
June 18, 2021
Opal Lee, also known as the ”Grandmother of Juneteenth,” watched her vision come to fruition as Juneteenth became a national…