Meet Opal Lee — The Woman Who Fought to Make Juneteenth a US Holiday

Greater Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce hosts Juneteenth Freedom Walk honoring Opal Lee

The Greater Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce (GGBCC) will host a Juneteenth Freedom Fellowship Walk in honor of Opal Lee, who is widely recognized as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth”, on Thursday, June 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The walk will begin at Holliday Empowerment HQ, 560 N. Jeff Davis Drive in Fayetteville, at 12:00 p.m., and will be preceded and followed by a community celebration featuring welcoming remarks, local speakers, musi…

Meet Opal Lee — The Woman Who Fought to Make Juneteenth a US Holiday

On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law officially making Juneteenth a federal holiday. The push to get the historic day recognized at the federal level had been decades in the making, and 94-year-old Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” had championed efforts for years. Lee told NPR that the wait for Juneteenth being a US holiday … Continued