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Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ leads 2.5 mile annual walk in Texas (Video)

Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, led the annual Walk For Freedom in Dallas. The event recognized the two and a half years it took for enslaved people in Texas to find out they had been freed. The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth: https://bit.ly/4cvtvT9

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Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' leads 2.5 mile annual walk in Texas (Video)

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Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' leads 2.5 mile annual walk in Texas (Video)
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Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' leads 2.5 mile annual walk in Texas (Video)
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Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, led the annual Walk For Freedom in Dallas. The event recognized the two and a half years it took for enslaved people in Texas to find out they had been freed. The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth: https://bit.ly/4cvtvT9 #opallee #juneteenth #texas #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home