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Who is Dr. Opal Lee? Early Life and Background. Born on October 7, 1926, in Marshall, Texas, Opal Lee grew up during a time of significant racial segregation and discrimination.
The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...
Miss Opal Lee could become the first person from Fort Worth to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which is her 96th birthday. Here’s a look at her life.
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more than two years ...
Opal Lee, known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, celebrated her 98th birthday early. The National Juneteenth Museum hosted the celebration Thursday, highlighting her significant contributions to ...
Opal Lee has spent most of her adult life fighting for racial equality in America. Thanks in part to her activism, Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when she was 94. On ...
For a fiesty 93-year-old Texan named Opal Lee, the coronavirus pandemic is just another obstacle on the long road to equality. She's been traveling that road for more than nine decades, and those ...
Opal Lee, "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will participate virtually in this year's Walk for Freedom after her recent ...
At 95, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” tells her remarkable story of growing up in Texas, dealing with racism in Fort Worth, and being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' chronicles the life of Lee and the history behind America’s newest federal holiday.
SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high ...
Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.