Lifelong Efforts Of Fort Worth's Opal Lee Has Juneteenth On Way To Becoming Federal Holiday

Dallas TX

17 June, 2021

2:18 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth June 17, 2021 The U.S. House joined the Senate on Wednesday, June 16 overwhelmingly voting to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. All of this thanks to the lifelong efforts of 94-year-old Fort Worth resident Opal Lee, considered the grandmother of Juneteenth. Her entire life she has celebrated Juneteenth, and now Congress has passed a bill making it a federal holiday. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.