The 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' on her fight to get the holiday federally recognized

[@ivymerritt7577]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! You are an inspiration! You show what perseverance and dedication can accomplish!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@erinmac4750]

What an amazing, inspirational woman! I'm glad you gave her this time to share this nugget of experience with us! Opal may you continue on speaking Truth to power! 💜♾️✊

[@lawnsupreme]

This is inspirational? Wow

[@twistoffate4791]

​@lawnsupreme Yes, the life's work of Opal Lee to achieve her dream is inspiring to many of us.

[@pucciann]

Opal 🙏 Ali, thank you for bringing Opal, her story, her legacy to all of us, and thank you for carrying and reflecting our heartfelt amazement and appreciation in your smile.

[@ggraves7321]

Thank you ms Lee

[@zazatv6822]

Thank you for your service. happy Freedom day !

[@sisaramos]

What an amazing woman, hope to have your courage some day. God bless you!

[@carolewilliams3016]

Thank you and bless you. Whether you walked 1400 miles or not your ACCOMPLISHMENT was MONUMENTAL❤❤❤❤

[@Laura-LaFauve]

A great lady!

[@t.k3025]

Thank you Miss Opal Lee!

[@teresalegler2777]

Congratulations Ms Opal Lee!!! History has been made through her long walk and due diligence! At 96, this young lady has plenty to be proud of. Bet the guy that pulled out of lending his RV, regrets that decision. So glad to hear so many helped he to reach her destination. Thank you Ms Lee!

[@c.k.mcknight8921]

Young lady indeed! I've had the honor of meeting her and talking with her, and if she didn't appear as old as she does on the outside, you'd never know she's age 96. She's accomplished so much during her life, and even now is still contributing to society as if she were in her prime.

[@Blackgents]

We honor the people who came before us

[@gem.lifeee]

Thank you Ms Opal Lee ❤🎉

[@freda2758]

The first words out of her mouth were to honor those who inspired her, and throughout her interview, she recognized the many people who helped her along the way. That is true humility and a great person. We are grateful to her.

[@surlechapeau]

A true inspiration!!!! We should all be that sharp at 96! Heck, I hope I'm that sharp at 80!

[@Paul-lm5gv]

*Six teens were shot at a Juneteenth event in Milwaukee. One of several similar events in big cities across the country! Shameful! Get your act together people!*

[@denillefleming2942]

Thank you for this report!

[@tiffanybell1154]

True American hero. ❤️

[@laurabartoletti6412]

Thank You Ms. Opal Lee 🎉 Grandmother of Juneteenth !! 🌹

[@sprootown]

Give us leadership like THAT in the White House. the Lady is packin' some set of OVARIES!

[@lawnsupreme]

You wouldn't dare have her lead you anywhere..... She was lead on this marketing campaign.... Forced!

[@sprootown]

@@lawnsupreme Yes I would.

[@mountainfolk7942]

Great, positive interview w an iconic heroine -- KUDOS, ALI -- HIGH MARKS !!! -- & I"m, a 75-yo WASP ! Huge TX. GOD BLESS.

[@johnnystewart83]

Yay.

[@Girltrucker05]

My hero! What an incredible woman!

[@liberatedwoman]

What an amazing woman, not recognized enough. Way to go. Keep on trekking. 😎🥰

[@Labor_Jones]

God Bless "Opal Lee" - if all old folks were like her our nation wouldn't have the vitriol we have.

[@caddyb1519]

❤ thank you Ms Opal 🎉 I am so glad to have heard the story of Juneteenth and to celebrate an important milestone on our way to liberty 🦋

[@cathyhenderson9686]

What a lovely woman❤

[@CBlargh]

She reminds me so much of Claudette Colvin; such a character!

[@niashanimusic]

I am grateful for the strong women whose shoulders I will continue to stand on. Thank you Ms. Opal Lee.

[@None-685]

Bravo to her

[@reneekad]

Thank you for your time

[@williamgriffxn55577]

What's Political about the Truth Juneteenth really did happen,so did 1921 Tulsa Oklahoma i rest my case Reparations NOW!!

[@civilizeddiva]

Spreading inspiration! Thank you, Ms. Lee💪🏾

[@reneekad]

I don’t want us to lose ground in making sure everyone like this fine upstanding woman has what she needs to retire in comfort.

[@ginawagner6956]

Thank goodness for this lady's determination so that we can learn and know the history of Juneteenth. To have it be a federal holiday os wonderful!! 🏆🤗✅️

[@notrespassingnoweapons22222]

thank you ms lee

[@cliffordmarkell40]

Wonderful lady

[@andrewcostigan2586]

A national hero

[@sisaramos]

Indeed!

[@c.falcon5045]

Bless her heart !🙏🏾👏🏾💪🏽

[@denillefleming2942]

Never think a small group of dedicated and people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mitchell

[@spaceballs44]

I’m glad this happened 😃. If Ron DeSantis or someone like him I bet he’d try to end the federal holiday.

[@c.k.mcknight8921]

I've had the privilege of meeting and speaking at length with this inspiring woman. It happened quite by chance. She and her family were visiting the city I live in. The recreation center I work at is in itself a piece of our city's Black history, as it was the first such facility (and up until three years ago, the only facility) in our state that was named for a Black man. It's an experience I'll never forget.

[@Kimberly-cc8st]

God bless her!

[@Hollysuzette33]

I woke up this morning and said to myself, "I want to learn more about Juneteenth". Many thanks for these teachings and inspiration.

[@lawnsupreme]

You learned from this?

[@lawnsupreme]

What did you learn may I ask?

[@Hollysuzette33]

@lawnsupreme are you kidding... I learned about one of the people that made it happen, the why, the how. I love to hear from elders who are still working to better their community. She's a role model.

[@lawnsupreme]

@@Hollysuzette33 y'all slow.....this day been celebrated in the country with the real people forever. It wasn't even called this new ebonics word. But since you listening to the MEDIA masters of mind control because all learning begins with QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS! So again if you can't ask the person on a media device questions how did you learn? Or did it reinforce a particular worldview or belief system you already have established since a child? Media mind control masters tend to hijack ones imagination from childhood, keeping an entraining the mind to accept ideology and dogma as facts but certainly not the TRUTH! Truth comes from asking real people real questions. THIS IS THE EPITOME OF LAZY LEARNING! peace an bliss!

[@lawnsupreme]

@@Hollysuzette33 do you live in her so called community to know if it's getting better? People that look like her in her so called community OWN NOTHING! And the secret democratic code word is EQUITY.....but not for the people there. The equity are these people an what little they do own (GENTRIFICATION) and to prove it: tell me what do you patronize in people who look like her community that you need on a daily basis to make it in so called modern society?

[@zeldasmith6154]

Holidays are a challenge for poor people relying on public transportation. In midsize towns, the buses don't run on holidays.

[@liberatedwoman]

Have you brought this to their attention? 😎

[@Iseerightthruyou]

That woman is adorable 😍😍 i

[@twistoffate4791]

What a beautiful quilt Opal Lee has behind her, commemorating Juneteeth. I have never been a quilter, but find that one to be quite impressive.

[@JamiIsrael]

This holiday is a joke. We are not free Israel! Better wakeup from the lies and start researching and turn back to God

[@diseno2040]

Take a minute to think what other wonderful stories and news we could be listening to if Trump hadn’t clogged the news cycle with his crimes

[@davidrhinehart7764]

She must be so proud of how they celebrated it in chicago.

[@marvinlloyd9970]

I'm sure it was Illinois numbnuts

[@veevee7317]

When is native Americans going to get their recognition?

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

A human is not based by the color of their skin, their heritage, or the country they were born in. The human being is a spiritual being, made in HIS Image and Likeness. Genesis 1:26. Conceived in HIS Love. The human body is only a vessel to sojourn this life on Earth. Mostly a test given you on Earth. Do you want HIM or are trying to find a Paradise on Earth. Former President Obama was half black and half caucasian. Though he was only referred to as black. Go see his mother. Define Prejudice. Most only see one side for it is easier to lie to oneself.

[@reneekad]

Biden/ Harris are great

[@reneekad]

A bunch is amazing. A bunch is appreciated. A bunch isn’t.

[@Greggster1]

Just remember that tomorrow is Juneteenth, when Republicans freed the last of the slaves on June 19th, 1865...

[@naomibee8881]

You do know that Republicans had Democratic ideology in 1865, right? 🙄 Lord, please, get them to read books and learn their own history. Democrats know this so who’s really being trolled?

[@phyliciapatterson910]

It is important to celebrate Juneteenth and allow all citizens to see celebrate American history. Everyone's history needs to be celebrated

[@DustyNickelz]

After hearing about the amount of murders over the Juneteenth celebrations, I’ve come to realize some cultures are better than others.

[@danieldipalma704]

Like every other holiday it's celebrated as another free day.

[@matthewgeddis8870]

Juneteenth is the wrong date, it was on December 6th 1865

[@Z3N1TY0]

She looks very nice and very huggable and I know she is :)

[@mikemasiello5965]

Did she mention the US Postal Service at all?

[@kuor1979]

Wow , and look what happened....

[@marmalade5941]

This is an astounding woman and an incredible patriot…I’m blown away by this women and her authenticity.

[@lawnsupreme]

Patriot?

[@palmsofdestin1]

It's not a federal holiday, just like Kwanzaa

[@khaladasalaam9722]

Reparations for African American descendants of slaves

[@sportaflop169]

you do realize that people from other races were slaves right what about them

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

Should Juneteenth Day celebrate all the Union Soldiers that died and fought to gain slavery freedom?

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

Define Prejudice.

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

Define Injustice.

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

my family lineage is European of peasantry stock [Irish and Pole], that gained the USA in the early parts of the 20th Century. Roman Catholic. Roman Catholics were not really welcomed in the USA. Why am i subject to the slavery that was before me?

[@SoulforSale]

Happy Fathers Day..and now the purge.

[@sanitizerwilson1599]

January 1 1863 is the really date!!!!!!

[@winstonsmith6607]

Is this the pre-Juneteenth coverage? Will there be Juneteenth coverage on June 20th? And as usual.... God save the Queen!

[@buckthrusthorn1104]

It’s so empowering we have a president that is carrying on dr Martin Luther kings and George Floyd’s work. This junteeeth we must praise joe Biden for all that he has done for us. He is unlocking or chains from republicans

[@sportaflop169]

this has to be a joke right your a fool to think joe bidens any good

[@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558]

Let's honor America's very first slave owner...a black man named Anthony johnson. Shhhh...it destroys the slavery narrative completely 🤣

[@eldenringer6466]

Shes forest Gump! I want 2 c the movie of her life! With om Hanks and Morgan Freeman and oprah!

[@LesscoBranden]

It’s such an important Holiday that a large majority of the black community including Obama and Snoop had no idea what it was… I’m sorry but some old lady walking to bring attention to history shouldn’t be a holiday. Could you imagine white pride month or just a day in history to recognize an event would be met with backlash and that tells you right there the true agenda

[@LesscoBranden]

@@No-Face21 The exact opposite actually, victim mentality is that a loathing quality. I just point out hypocrisy and facts like it being a fake holiday and if you truly looked at history it’s a complete different day. Maybe it’s on the 6th but that’s just a guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

What a beautiful, wonderful woman!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🫶🏻🫶🏻💋🇺🇸🌸

[@MantisMann-w2n]

They need a have a daddy in your life day.

[@fuzzofrizzbeebot2775]

Kenia airport, and the black business jetssss🛩️🛩️🛩️🛩️ . Wildwood correctional, the Cold War blast door. The devil’s 😈big wig biz jetssss 🛩️ nothing is on the Warden’s level, just a bit further down, in the little piggies 🐷 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 black out wonderland facility.

[@LuckyPoop]

There are still millions of slaves in Africa in 2023.

[@liberatedwoman]

Happy Juneteenth to all people who were implemental in declaring this a national holiday and those celebrating this wonderful acknowledgement. 🤔🫣🤭🫢🤫🫠

[@winstonsmith6607]

Do you think Kwanza will become a national holiday?

[@liberatedwoman]

@@winstonsmith6607 it would be nice, although Kwanza would seem to be included in Juneteenth because of African American heritage…….yes?