And without further ado, we’d like to jump right into your history if you let us. You are the voice of history in you are the message for the future. You deserve our unwavering gratitude and support. You are a very, very special woman to a lot of people, the two of us included. Intro Intro The guest we’re gonna get right to our guests and her name. So without getting today’s there’s no there’s no silliness. Her mission has brought out a real and measurable change to our city or state in our country. And in turn, she has become the voice for many people. Today we have in studio someone who spent her life fighting for the noblest of causes. Strive to bring in guests interesting people all the time, it was a useful message to share. We both love doing this show fair to sayĭepends on what day if you’re nice to me before it.
We are available on social media at fortitude FW, please check us out. I’m your host Gary Wilson with my co host Brinton Payne, thank you for joining us. Alright Miss Lee, you ready to do this? Yeah. Recalling it years later, she said, “The fact that it happened on the 19th day of June has spurred me to make people understand that Juneteenth is not just a festival.” On June 19, 1939, 500 white rioters vandalized and burned down her home. In June 1939, her parents bought a house in the 900 block of East Annie Street, then a mostly white area. The Flakes later moved to the 7th Ward of Fort Worth, Texas (also known as Terrell Heights). When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. She was the oldest of three children of Mattie (Broadous) and Otis Flake. Lee was born in Marshall, Texas on October 7, 1926. 475 making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. At the age of 89, she conducted a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., leaving in September 2016 and arriving in Washington in January 2017. She has promoted the idea by leading 2.5 miles (4.0 km) walks each year, representing the 2.5 years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas. Lee campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Opal Lee is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday.
FORTitude had the honor of hosting the great Opal Lee today! She talks to Brinton and JW about growing up in Fort Worth, becoming a teacher and advocate for the community, and ultimately becoming the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”
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