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Opal Lee brings voting rights play to Fort Worth ahead of election The “grandmother of Juneteenth” hopes for the play to ...

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The story of a civil rights leader, from here in North Texas, is playing out on stage in Fort Worth. The grandmother of ...

The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...

As Election Day nears, Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is supporting a stage play about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Fort Worth. The acclaimed play aims to inspire voting by ...

The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...

Fort Worth’s Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, wants to motivate and inspire North Texas to get out and vote.

Two days before the Nov. 5 election, Opal Lee will bring a play to Fort Worth that pays tribute to Hamer’s legacy as a voting ...

One congregant who got a hug from Harris was 98-year-old Opal Lee, an activist who pushed to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday. Harris is a Baptist. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is Jewish.