nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||One Woman’s Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A National Holiday||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||”We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together, ” says Opal Lee, 94. She has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

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Opal Lee, shown here earlier this month, is celebrating the House and Senate votes about Juneteenth.

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