Opal Lee—known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth—is brought to life in this biographical graphic novel. I learned so much from this book! Review--> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #FirstFreedomTheStoryofOpalLeeandJuneteenth #NetGalley #ARCReview #Juneteenth #GraphicBiography #OpalLee #CivilRights

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Today is #Juneteenth, the US-American federal holiday commemorating and celebrating June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them 2 1/2 years earlier.

Former slaves celebrated this day as early as 1866. From September 2016 to January 2017, activist #OpalLee, then age 89, walked from Ft. Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C, as part of her ultimately successful campaign to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday.

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Throughout her life and advocacy work, Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, has embodied the fight for freedom. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/juneteenths-opal-lee-and-the-ongoing-fight-for-freedom/

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"July 4 freed the land, but Juneteenth freed the people."

North Texans walk with activist Opal Lee to celebrate Juneteenth

https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-06-19/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth

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North Texans walk with activist Opal Lee to celebrate Juneteenth

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/civil-rights/2024/06/19/491134/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth/

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"96-year-old Opal Lee has spent decades walking and advocating for the date marking actual emancipation to be recognized as a national holiday. And this is the third year June 19 is a federal holiday. Lee was part of the celebration at the White House last week marking the holiday."

Opal Lee—Grandmother of Juneteenth—96 & Still Walking for Equality

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/06/19/opal-lee-juneteenth via WBUR
Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty via WBUR
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