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Audie Murphy. Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [5] [6] He received every military combat award for valor ...
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". [2] On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. 475, making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. [3]
People gather outside Opal Lee’s new house in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Yager has said it was not until that call several years ago when Lee asked if she ...
Dunbar Elementary teacher Opal Roland, center, later Opal Lee, was a speaker June 8, 1969, at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Living Textbook Conference at the University of Texas at Arlington.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on the very same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth.
episodes. Archer is an American animated comedy series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. The first four seasons are set at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) and surround suave master spy Sterling Archer as he deals with global espionage; a domineering, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend ...
JAMIE STENGLE and KENDRIA LaFLEUR. June 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys ...
Opal Lee, the 97-year-old “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where a racist white mob trashed her family’s house more than 80 years ago. On Thursday morning ...