By David Crowley Milwaukee County Executive In 2016, 89-year-old Opal Lee set out to walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington D.C. as part of her campaign to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Opal Lee, who’s known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” ultimately collected more than 1.5 million signatures. Five years later, Opal was in […]
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