Opal Lee turns 100. Here’s how the ‘grandmother of Juneteenth’ will celebrate

The Fort Worth legend will mark her centennial birthday with Michelle Obama and a ceremony with the National Juneteenth Museum.

By Sarah Bahari
DMN
https://www.dallasnews.com/

Opal Lee will celebrate her centennial birthday Wednesday, a milestone in a life that propelled her from a turbulent childhood in deeply segregated Texas to become a beloved civil rights leader.

Tributes and birthday wishes have for months poured in for Lee, known widely as the “grandmother of Juneteenth.”

Children at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth made birthday cards for Lee. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African History and Culture in Washington, D.C., celebrated with children’s storytime and art.