Opal Lee is among 19 recipients of the award to be presented at the White House Friday.
Opal Lee poses for a portrait in her home in Fort Worth on Friday, December 10, 2021. Lee, a retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday.Opal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — Friday, White House officials announced.
Lee, 97, is among 19 recipients of the honor the White House said is presented to people who have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.”“These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better,” officials wrote in a news release. “They are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields.
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