Opal Lee walked from Texas to D.C. to bring attention to Juneteenth.
Left to right, Ninety-four-year-old activist and retired educator Opal Lee , known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth , speaks with President Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House, June 17, 2021, in Washington. Opal Lee , now 97, was described by Biden as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday .
Vice President Kamala Harris watches as Opal Lee , the activist known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, is given a pen after President Joe Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, June 17, 2021.for the first time in nearly 40 years. In 1983, lawmakers designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as the third Monday in January to memorialize the assassinated civil rights leader." of her reaction to Juneteenth becoming a national holiday.
Vice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 13, 2023. Opal Lee is considered the grandmother of Juneteenth.on the White House's South Lawn. "If people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love."
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