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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 ...

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

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.