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At 100, Juneteenth's 'grandmother' Opal Lee vows to 'keep on walking' for social issues

KERA | By Marcheta Fornoff

Published October 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM CDT

Opal Lee, considered the grandmother of Juneteenth, turned 100 years old. She attended a ceremony at the site of the planned Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth featuring former first lady Michelle Obama.

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