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Opal Lee, An Activist Who Led The Charge To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday, Returns To Reclaim Land She Was Driven Off Of At Age 12
In 1939, Texas changemaker Opal Lee and her family were driven out of their home and off of their land by a racist white mob. She was only 12 years old at the time. Today, at age 97, Lee has not ...
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Juneteenth: After decades, Opal Lee finally gets her day off
Opal Lee, 94, was at the centre of a campaign to recognise Juneteenth as a national holiday in the US Opal Lee was 12 when a mob of white supremacists vandalised and set fire to her family's home ...