Opal Lee

"We have simply got to make people aware that none of us are free until we’re all free."

- Opal Lee

"We have simply got to make people aware that none of us are free until we’re all free, and we aren’t free yet."

- Opal Lee

"I just don’t know how to describe it. I just feel like it’s the beginning of something great, and I want to be a part of it."

- Opal Lee

"People think it’s a Black thing, when it’s not. It’s not a Texas thing. It’s not that. Juneteenth means freedom, and I mean for everybody."

- Opal Lee