(NPR) One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday

One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday




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One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday







Opal Lee, shown here earlier this month, is celebrating the House and Senate votes about Juneteenth.



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One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday






"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says Opal Lee, 94. She has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.