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Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, turns 100

Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ spends 100th birthday at the center of celebrations in Texas

Opal Lee celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday by kicking off the start of construction of a museum in her Texas hometown dedicated to telling the history of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating th...

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Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' turns 100, celebration honoring her held at National Juneteenth Museum

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Happy birthday, Ms. Opal Lee: The Fort Worth native and "Grandmother of Juneteenth" turns 100 years old

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Opal Lee celebrates 100th birthday with confetti, cheers and a demolition

Opal Lee, born three years before the Great Depression, lived through World War II, raised her children and earned a college degree in a segregated Jim Crow-era Texas.

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Opal Lee celebrates her 100th birthday by kicking off construction of Juneteenth museum in Texas

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Juneteenth activist Opal Lee celebrates 100th birthday

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Opal Lee celebrates 100th birthday as Fort Worth clears way for National Juneteenth Museum

Fort Worth activist and civil rights leader Dr. Opal Lee celebrates her 100th birthday on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, one of the projects most closely tied to her legacy is taking a major step forward.

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The grandmother of Juneteenth is officially a centenarian.

Opal Lee is celebrating her 100th birthday alongside the start of construction for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.