#opallee

[sistahscifi]

Happy #Juneteenth!! The history books will say the President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but here is the tea.  Opal Lee @therealopallee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". Lee campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. At the age of 89, she conducted a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., leaving in September 2016 and arriving in Washington in January 2017. She hoping to plead the case for a federal holiday directly to President Barack Obama @BarackObama. She promoted a petition for a Juneteenth federal holiday at Change.org; the petition received 1.6 million signatures. She said, "It's going to be a national holiday, I have no doubt about it. My point is let's make it a holiday in my lifetime." In June 2021, at the age of 94, her efforts succeeded as a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden @JoeBiden.  As she sat in the front row, she received a standing ovation and Biden got down on one knee to greet her. Here are books we are highlighting to celebrate #Juneteenth2022 Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts  A Unkindness of Ghosts  Dread Nation // Deathless Divide  Kindred  You can purchase these books from our @instagram, @facebook, @shopify, @tiktok, @librofm (audiobook) or @pinterest stores.  Link in bio: @sistahscifi.  Better yet, check it out from your local #library!!! Image1: @xalexbanx Image 2: @3jmilli (Wake) Image [email protected] (Unkindness) Image 4::@bookedwithjameelah (Dread Nation) Image 5: @vanessareadsfiction (Kindred)  Words: @Wikipedia  // @wakecomic @akashicbooks @OctaviaEButler @SimonandSchuster @SimonBooks @HarperCollins  @penguinrandomhouse // #OpalLee #happyjuneteenth #WakeComicBook #WakeGraphicNovel #DrRebeccaHall #AnUnkindnessofGhost #RiversSolomon  #DreadNation #DeathlessDivide #JustinaIreland #Kindred #OctaviaEButler  #SistahScifi  (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfCS6B2p42E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#juneteenth #juneteenth2022 #library #opallee #happyjuneteenth #wakecomicbook #wakegraphicnovel #drrebeccahall #anunkindnessofghost #riverssolomon #dreadnation #deathlessdivide #justinaireland #kindred #octaviaebutler #sistahscifi

[claimyourkin]

#opallee #grandmother ofjuneteenth #africanamericanexperience #africanamericanhistory #juneteenth

[jendotcohen]

#Juneteenth #freedom ❤️💛💚 As #OpalLee (the grandmother of #Juneteenth) said, "I have to tell you that nobody is free until we are all free." https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_Q5JiOAeQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#juneteenth #freedom #opallee

[anime-junkiee]

Well, this was a collaboration with the amazing @opallee !!! We worked on a couple of undertale artwork a little while back and collectively decided to post them on our Tumblrs! But please do check out @opallee they did all the line art in this artwork 🙏

P.S. You won't see much for Undertale art on our pages only due to the fact we are more into making Hazbin or Helluva Boss content but we do have a couple that are not of those contents so enjoy!

#undertale #sans undertale #undertale fanart #undertale fandom #frisk undertale #frisk dreemurr #frisk #toriel #husk hazbin hotel #undertale art #undertale art collab #art collab

[stormyfayethechristianrunaway]

"If people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love."

– Opal Lee @therealopallee

"The Grandmother Of Juneteenth"

#OpalLee #GrandmotherOfJuneteeth #Juneteenth #CivilRightsActivists #CivilRights #QOTD #QuoteOfTheDay

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[lafillegisele]

Juneteenth: The Past, The Present, The Future

Juneteenth: The Past, The Present, The Future

When did you first learn about Juneteenth? I mean, seriously, think about it. It wasn’t taught in elementary school, middle school, or high school for that matter. The vast majority of us didn’t learn about it until college or worse within the last 3-5 years. It seems as if these holidays and historic events just came out of thin air but that’s not true. It’s time to recognize its place in…

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#BlackCulture #BlackHistory #BlackIndependenceDay #CelebrateJuneteenth #ForTheCulture #FreedomDay #HistoryofJuneteenth #inspiration #Juneteenth #JuneteenthMovement #OpalLee #TexasHistory #WhatIsJuneteenth

[maddblackgemini]

Black living history fact: Ms. Opal Lee When Opal Lee was growing up in Texas, she would spend Juneteenth picnicking with her family, first in Marshall, where she was born, then in Sycamore Park in Fort Worth, near the home she moved into at age 10. She and her family lived in a predominantly white neighborhood in Fort Worth. When Mrs. Lee was 12, a mob of 500 white supremacists set fire to her home and vandalized it. The structure was destroyed, and no arrests were made. Experiencing that hate crime pushed Mrs. Lee into a life of teaching, activism and, eventually, campaigning. In 2016, at the age of 89, she decided to walk from her home in Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., in an effort to get Juneteenth named a national holiday. She traveled two and a half miles each day to symbolize the two and a half years that Black Texans waited between when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1863, abolishing slavery, and the day that message arrived in Galveston, where Black people were still enslaved, on June 19, 1865. Ms. Opal: “The difference between Juneteenth and the 4th of July? Woo, girl! The fact is none of us are free till we’re all free. Knowing that slaves didn’t get the word for two and a half years after the emancipation, can’t you imagine how those people felt? They’d been watching — that’s what they call Watch Night services — every New Year’s, thinking freedom was coming. And then to find out they were free, even two and a half years after everybody else. So, the 4th of July? Slaves weren’t free. You know that, don’t you? And so we just celebrate the hell out of the 4th of July, so I suggest that if we’re going to do some celebrating of freedom, that we have our festival, our educational components, our music, from June the 19 — Juneteenth — to the 4th of July. Now that would be celebrating freedom. On June 17, 2021, President Biden passed a bill making Juneteenth a National holiday. Ms. Opal stood alongside the president during this historic occasion and received the pen in which he used to sign off on the law. Black history IS American History!!! #opallee #juneteenth #wenotfreeuntilweallfree #blackhistoryeveryday https://www.instagram.com/p/CaV82dkL1ft/?utm_medium=tumblr

#opallee #juneteenth #wenotfreeuntilweallfree #blackhistoryeveryday

[lauralzielke]

Posted @withregram • @kenzistudioco The Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee. Thank you for spending decades advocating to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Seeing her dream come true is so inspiring. “What I’m seeing in the protests right now is that it’s not just black people or white people, it’s all kinds of people coming together. And this is what I dream for Juneteenth—that all kinds of people will come together, that we will celebrate freedom from the 19th of June to the 4th of July. If we put our collective stuff together, we can make this the greatest country on Earth.” @therealopallee Thank you @meaningfullliving for commissioning me to do this piece. 🎨 by @kenzistudioco #juneteenth #juneteenth2021 #opallee https://www.instagram.com/p/CQU6vCFJO5f/?utm_medium=tumblr

#juneteenth #juneteenth2021 #opallee

[ultraevonne]

#saturday Thank u Ms. Opal Lee 4 ur tireless work in bringing this important day into focus 4 all of us. No one is free until we’re all free… #juneteenth #opallee #saturdayvibes #celebratetoday #Repost @thelilynews ・・・ Opal Lee, a 93-year-old former educator and children’s book author, has been pushing for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday for years. In 2017, she embarked on a months-long journey that brought her to Washington, D.C., in an effort to make it happen. Lily contributor Soo Youn (@sooayoun) spoke with Lee about the widespread recognition of Juneteenth this year and whether the country is in the midst of meaningful change in regards to racial justice. “We’ve got to address these atrocities. … We’ve got a job to do. I hope things will change. We’ve had some gains, but not enough to be shouting about. We’ve still got a long way to go,” Lee said. See our link in bio to read the full story. (Photos courtesy of Lee family; Paul Moseley/AP; iStock; Illustration by @thelilynews) • #OpalLee #Juneteenth #holiday #Juneteenthholiday #activism #racialjustice #race #blacklivesmatter #women #thelilynews (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTova5gUyx/?utm_medium=tumblr

#saturday #juneteenth #opallee #saturdayvibes #celebratetoday #repost #holiday #juneteenthholiday #activism #racialjustice #race #blacklivesmatter #women #thelilynews

[sandiegosisters]

"We've got all of these disparities that we've got to address and I mean all of them. While we've got some momentum I hope we can get some of it done. We can have one America if we try." - Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/us/iyw-juneteenth-activist-opal-lee/index.html #Juneteenth #opallee @therealopallee https://www.instagram.com/p/CQToJP2pNvE/?utm_medium=tumblr

#juneteenth #opallee

[gloria-vienna]

#HappyJuneteenth, and thank you #OpalLee for your persistence 💜. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQS8MEgFE19/?utm_medium=tumblr

#happyjuneteenth #opallee

[franklong12]

94-Year-Old Has ‘Off The Chain’ Response To New Juneteenth Holiday Opal Lee, the 94-year-old referred to... Read the rest on our site with the url below https://worldwidetweets.com/94-year-old-has-off-the-chain-response-to-new-juneteenth-holiday/?feed_id=33017&_unique_id=60ccb747becd5 #blackvoices #JoeBiden #Juneteenth #opallee #politics #U.S.News #Women

#blackvoices #JoeBiden #Juneteenth #opallee #politics #U.S.News #Women

[stormyfayethechristianrunaway]

"If people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love."

– Opal Lee @therealopallee

"The Grandmother Of Juneteenth"

#OpalLee #GrandmotherOfJuneteeth #Juneteenth

#CivilRightsActivists #CivilRights

#QOTD #QuoteOfTheDay

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[vipsocio]

Masks for the People Humanitarian Campaign. Join Ms. Opal Lee live on Facebook @therealopallee RSVP🎟 www.vipsocio.com 🎟 . Hey Team Opal! We're happy to announce that we are 1.3+ million and growing! You can continue to show your support for making Juneteenth a National holiday by watching Ms. Opals' live stream on LiveFreeUSA with Coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors, Director Michael McBride, and House Representative Melanie Morgan.  . @livefreeusa #masks #humanitarian #juneteenth #opallee #stevekerr #melaniemorgan https://www.instagram.com/p/CC2Orf8nbGh/?igshid=1spx13ybf4sd

#masks #humanitarian #juneteenth #opallee #stevekerr #melaniemorgan

[fathomdj]

Then I go in the house and my aunt is #teaching my cousin to make #dollclothes ... #sewing #creativeseason . . . #findingfathomdj #multimediaart #multimediaartist #thelawofattraction #diy #love #sisterhood #legacy #evolution #teaching #learning #opallee #grateful #inspired #fathomdj #fathomdjfeature #fathomdjcaptures #dj #djs #chicagomusic #chicagoart #chicagoartist #fathomcaptures (at Chicago, Illinois)

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[stayskrunchyinmilk]

Stays Krunchy in Milk Episode 401: Goin’ H.A.M on Wet Naps

What temperature do you keep the crib at? Box is an ice box man. As you get older and find out your childhood is dying off age. There is an interesting discussion about underwear from men’s perspective but we wonder how it works for the ladies. So, cats only meow to communicate with us. We get caught up on how Dan is doing post the loss of his cat, it’s a real nice talk. We discuss recent trends and our usage of Tik-Tok. There once was a world of TV Stars and Movie Stars, now, actors can appear in anything and their cache doesn’t suffer for it. Ant had his first post vaccine comedy outing and got to see show favorite Nicole Byer at Hilarities here in Cleveland. That leads to a discussion on blackness and Juneteenth becoming a Federal Holiday. Gabe gets us up to date on his impending life’s changes and we discuss what he thinks it will be like out on the road. We slide on over to Reddit for our first in person AITA and it warps into a really interesting discussion. Men be out here ruining Twitch by hating on women streaming

Alternate Title: Cheek Leak 

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