94-year-old Opal Lee is 'grandmother of movement' to make Juneteenth federal holiday

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When Pres. Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., there was one woman in the room who captured well-deserved attention: Opal Lee. Read more:

 

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Last name is Lee, must be racist.

Bru signed a bill for extra vacation and y’all acting like he ended slavery. This why black people will never get what we want because we always settling for bull crap stuff like this.

Kamalas the 2nd whitest person in the picture and theres only 2 white people

She wants to know where her Social Security check is.

The 'Woke' people will get all teary-eyed and gushy over this new 'holiday' while the rest of us will just roll our eyes, chuckle a bit and continue on about our normal business of working, shopping, eating, having fun, and ignoring it as usual.

When Pres. Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., there was one woman in the room ---. 報道時バイデンは、6月16日を米国での奴隷制の終了を記念する連邦休日にする法案に署名しました。部屋には注目を集めた1人の女性がいた。

New Slavery in USA, workers make 8-10 dollars a day& work long hours? How many afro Americans are noticing today? Not many because they think that this is an all white phenomena. I want to know why the US ignores Jay's sabotage of food, meds,& why the new slavery is 'invisible'?

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