“The Grandmother Of Juneteenth”, Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.. It is the nation ...

In 2024, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.[(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Opal Lee did not vote for President Donald Trump , but the 98-year-old civil ...

Opal Lee, known to many as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year’s Walk for Freedom march due to a recent hospitalization.

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Opal Lee during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2024, in ...

Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, ... She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden back in May and has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into law. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden in May ...

'Grandmother' of Juneteenth Opal Lee attends her 1st DNC at age 97. ... Lee received the Presidential Medal of Freedom honoring her work to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the nation.

Lee received the “Grandmother of Juneteenth" moniker for her efforts to turn the day commemorating Black freedom from slavery into a national holiday, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she is doing well. "She is doing well and in good spirits," Lee's ...

Lee received the “Grandmother of Juneteenth" moniker for her efforts to turn the day commemorating Black freedom from slavery into a national holiday, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she is doing well. "She is doing well and in good spirits," Lee's ...