90-Year-Old Opal Lee Is Walking From Texas To DC – Find Out Why
90-year-old Opal Lee is walking to D.C to urge the US Congress to make Juneteenth a National Day of Observance, before President Obama leaves office.
“I started my walk September 1st. I started out thinking I need to see President Obama and ask him why. In all of the eight years he’s been in office he hasn’t mentioned the 19th of June. I figure if an old lady started walking he’d let me talk to him,” Lee said.
Click the link above to hear the entire interview and find more information on how to support Opal’s cause here.
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