
Trending all over social media is the veteran tutor and freedom fighter, Opal Lee following her impact and influence which made the Juneteenth holiday stand.
Juneteenth was declared a national holiday in the United States for the second year in a row yesterday (June 19).
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Thanks to the hardwork and dedication of 95-year-old Opal Lee, who played a crucial role in putting pressure on legislators to recognize one of the significant days that Black Americans have celebrated for generations.
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Lee began marching 2.5 miles for freedom nearly a half-decade earlier, in honor of Juneteenth and the enslaved Black people of Galveston, Texas, who didn’t know enslavement had ended until two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The retired teacher knew she wanted to give back to her community while celebrating a holiday she’d observed her entire life. She also believed that Juneteenth deserved to be declared a federal holiday.
Over five decades ago Opal Lee got married to her soulmate Dale Lee, while she was a teacher at McCoy Elementary.
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Interestingly her husband happened to be the principal at Morningside Elementary at that time.
Opal Lee siblings
Opal Lee was the eldest of three children born to Mattie and Otis Flake. However, her biological siblings are not well-known in the public eye.
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