Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, is attending her first-ever Democratic National Convention at the age of 97.
Lee spoke at a ceremony celebrating freedom, as a statue of Harriet Tubman that has been in Bastrop as part of an exhibit ...
Dr. Opal Lee’s life is the epitome of the definition. Dubbed the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” the 97-year-old activist has dedicated her long and amazing life to fighting for civil rights.