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Opal Lee returns home. The 98-year-old returned home from her out-of-state hospital stay on Monday evening. Dionne Sims, ...
Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th ...
Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...
There is great news for the Fort Worth grandmother who became the voice for a federal Juneteenth holiday. Opal Lee is out of ...
Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is currently in the hospital but is reportedly doing well and in good ...
Opal Lee is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades-long campaign to make the day a federal holiday ...
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Dr. Opal Lee, also known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is being treated at an Ohio hospital. The 98 ...
The home was given to Opal Lee just days before Juneteenth which she pushed to have recognized as a national holiday. Ninety-seven-year-old Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” received ...
FORT WORTH, Texas - The North Texas woman known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was hospitalized over the weekend in Ohio. According to family members, 98-year-old Opal Lee was hospitalized this ...
Opal Lee walked from Texas to D.C. to bring attention to Juneteenth. When President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...
Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," is recovering after she was hospitalized last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, according ...