📚First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth #BookReview #OniPress #ARCReview #GraphicBiography #MulticulturalInterest

The incredible journey of activist Opal Lee—known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth—is brought to life in this biographical graphic novel that not only explores Opal’s remarkable path, but the histo…

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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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Juneteenth’s Opal Lee and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Throughout her life and advocacy work, Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, has embodied the fight for freedom.

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North Texans walk with activist Opal Lee to celebrate Juneteenth

Forth Worth activist and grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee led North Texans in a 2.5-mile walk to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas after the Civil War.

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North Texans walk with activist Opal Lee to celebrate Juneteenth

Forth Worth activist and grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee led North Texans in a 2.5-mile walk to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas after the Civil War.

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On Juneteenth, I'd like to give a shout out to Mrs. Opal Lee. This little lady was born into a world and conditions woefully lacking in #Slack. She took what little Slack she had herself, then with perseverance, and some solid sales skills opened up a free day of slack. Happy #Juneteenth #OpalLee
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WaPo story about #OpalLee
"A racist mob destroyed her home. She was given the land 84 years later."
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A racist mob destroyed her home. She was given the land 84 years later.

More than 84 years after a racist mob forced Opal Lee and her family from their Fort Worth home, she has been given the land and a new house is being built.

The Washington Post

"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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Opal Lee — the grandmother of Juneteenth — is 96 and still walking for equality | Here & Now

Opal Lee has spent decades walking and advocating for the date marking actual emancipation to be recognized as a national holiday.

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