Opal Lee answers a question during an interview at her home Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Opal Lee’s dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized over the summer, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of… Read more »
President Biden has signed off on a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday. The bill establishes June 19th as ‘Juneteenth National Independence Day”, commemorating the end of slavery in Texas. Biden called signing the bill “one of the greatest honors I will have as president”. Opal Lee was a guest at the White House and… Read more »
