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The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, Is a Soror of Zeta Phi Beta - Watch The Yard

Did you know that the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth', Opal Lee, is a sorority sister of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.? In 2016, at the age of 89 years old, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to the nation's capital in an effort to get Juneteenth named a national holiday. 'My idea […]

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