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The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing reassuring news after a ...
and has had a children’s book written about her (Alice Faye Duncan’s Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free). But Lee remains hyperfocused on a series of smaller tasks. Juneteenth was a Project ...
Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she is doing well. "She ...