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 »
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Stacey Abrams Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
We all know the extensive work Stacey Abrams did to get the voters in Georgia to the polls, which resulted in 2 Democratic Senate seats that gave Democrats the majority in the Senate. Her work on addressing voter suppression has now got her nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. What a great choice for this… Read more »