Is Juneteenth a holiday? President Joe Biden signed it into federal law last year.
DALLAS — Opal Lee, 95, spent years lobbying for federal recognition of Juneteenth, and her work finally paid off. »I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened », said Lee, known as the « grandmother of Juneteenth. « In 2021, President Joe Biden signed it into federal law, thanks in part to Lee. « To be invited to the White House, to see Juneteenth signed into law? Oh, I was humbled.
