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Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot
6 months, 1 week ago

Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot

Associated Press  

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on the same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth that her family was driven from by a racist mob when she was 12. Opal Lee, right, gets a hug …

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85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee’s family away, she’s getting a new home on the same spot
9 months ago

85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee’s family away, she’s getting a new home on the same spot

Associated Press  

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. “I’m not a person who sheds tears often, but I’ve got a few for this project,” said Lee, who was one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. In recent years, Lee has become known as the …

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Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait
1 year, 10 months ago

Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol. Lawmakers gave a lengthy standing ovation for Lee, who two years ago stood next to …

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Inside the search mission for unique dinosaur fossils in Lightning Ridge
2 years, 3 months ago

Inside the search mission for unique dinosaur fossils in Lightning Ridge

ABC  

Lying flat on the ground sifting through rocks and dirt might not sound like fun to everyone, but for a group of intrepid volunteers it is a dream come true. The Australian Opal Centre has hosted its annual dinosaur fossil dig in Lightning Ridge in outback New South Wales. Palaeontology student and self-described "dinosaur kid"' Hayden Henderson is researching a …

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Opal Lee’s Juneteenth dream came true, but she isn’t done
3 years, 2 months ago

Opal Lee’s Juneteenth dream came true, but she isn’t done

Associated Press  

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 slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others. “It’s a beginning, and we’re going …

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In Florida and Texas, mask orders turn schools into battlegrounds
3 years, 4 months ago

In Florida and Texas, mask orders turn schools into battlegrounds

LA Times  

Kindergarten student Taiden Watkins reads a book Tuesday, the first day of school at Washington Elementary in Riviera Beach, Fla. Carlee Simon, the superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools in Florida, looked forward to welcoming students to the new school year — one in which they would not be required to wear masks and could, at last, see one another’s …

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We're Celebrating Juneteenth, Come Hell Or High Water
4 years, 6 months ago

We're Celebrating Juneteenth, Come Hell Or High Water

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Hell had come to East Annie Street. I decided He was going to have to catch me.” Four years ago, Lee made headlines for her campaign to make Juneteenth a national holiday, in which she visited towns from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., walking a few miles in each city, and attending Juneteenth festivities along the way. …

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