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Opal Lee celebrates 100th birthday as Fort Worth clears way for National Juneteenth Museum

Fort Worth activist and civil rights leader Dr. Opal Lee celebrates her 100th birthday on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, one of the projects most closely tied to her legacy is taking a major step ...
NBC Los Angeles

Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here's what they said

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all ...
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Opal Lee celebrates on faith, family as she brings in 100th birthday

For years, Americans have watched Dr. Opal Lee lace up her tennis shoes and walk mile after mile, often in the Texas heat, on a mission to spread the story of Juneteenth across the nation. Now, the ...
NBC4i

Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ spends 100th birthday at the center of celebrations in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the lifelong Texan and a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th birthday on Wednesday at the center of celebrations in her hometown ...