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Zeta Phi Beta’s Opal Lee to Receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Zeta Phi Beta’s Opal Lee to Receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Opal Lee, a member of Zeta Phi Beta and renowned advocate for Juneteenth, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden today according to the White House. The announcement comes as a recognition of Lee’s tireless efforts to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday in the United States. The Presidential Medal […]

95-year-old Opal Lee talks about her journey to help make Juneteenth a national holiday

95-year-old Opal Lee talks about her journey to help make Juneteenth a national holiday

95-year-old Opal Lee who is know for Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to demanding politicians to make Juneteenth a national holiday earning her the nickname “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” “I decided that maybe if a little old lady, 89 years old, in tennis shoes walking from Fort Worth to Washington, somebody would pay attention,” Lee told […]

The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, Is a Soror of Zeta Phi Beta

The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, Is a Soror of Zeta Phi Beta

Did you know that the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’, Opal Lee, is a sorority sister of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.? In 2016, at the age of 89 years old, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to the nation’s capital in an effort to get Juneteenth named a national holiday. “My idea […]