'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee visits Bastrop
Lee spoke at a ceremony celebrating freedom, as a statue of Harriet Tubman that has been in Bastrop as part of an exhibit ...
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This is why young people should be voting, according to ‘Grandmother Of Juneteenth’, Opal Lee
Opal Lee, the 97-year-old civil rights icon known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is making an impassioned plea for young people to vote. In an interview with NewsOne at the Democratic National ...
'Time is of the essence'| National Juneteenth Museum proposes new location in North Texas
In a hurry to break ground, National Juneteenth Museum leaders have proposed building the venue about one block away from its ...
The site for the planned National Juneteenth Museum is changing. Here’s what we know.
The targeted location for construction of the planned National Juneteenth Museum is shifting to a new spot in Fort Worth’s ...
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Bastrop Bids Adieu to Harriet Tubman Sculpture, Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' Honors Civil Rights Legacy
Opal Lee attended the farewell event for the Harriet Tubman sculpture in Bastrop before it moved to Charleston.
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Juneteenth museum switches locations, plans to acquire Southside Community Center
CEO Jarred Howard told Historic Southside residents that, if he had their blessing, the very site in which they were meeting ...
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Historic Harriet Tubman sculpture moves on
The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...
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Meet the Honorees: Corporate Social Responsibility
It also gave the largest grant in the firm’s history to Southern Gateway Park, partnered with Trinity Habitat for Humanity ...