North Texas's Opal Lee will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
Dr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
It is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to the country’s success in many categories, including public and private endeavors.The activist and educator who has made national headlines for making Juneteenth a federal holiday. More than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln, enslaved people were supposed to be free.
Lee has been instrumental in continuing the push to educate the masses about Juneteenth, especially children with the publishing of her children’s book, Juneteenth: A Children’s Story. She has been rewarded many times over for her work, including being gifted a new home where her childhood home once stood. It wasMayor Michael Bloomberg is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor.
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