‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee says efforts are being made to erase Black history

Lee was 12 years old.

“It amazes me because we would have been good neighbors, you know,” Lee told GMA3 in June 2024.

Advocates like Lee say Juneteenth offers a day to reflect on slavery’s terrible stain on American history and for celebrations that look similar to those on the Fourth of July.

Juneteenth celebrations have become more mainstream in recent continue reading …