Meet Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan dubbed ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’
From trekking on foot from Fort Worth to DC to raise awareness about Juneteenth in 2016 to attending the president’s signing of a law recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday in 2021, Texan Opal Lee continues to leave her footprint in history. Dubbed the “grandmother of Juneteenth” by President Joe Biden, Lee, 97, has spent … Read more