Here's what you should know about Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth."
For many Black folks, celebrating these opposed historical figures on the same day is wildly ironic and makes me feel unsettled. So, I cannot help but wonder if Dr. King’s soul was able to rest easy last night.
Juneteenth -- a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers freed remaining slaves in Galveston, Texas over two years after Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation -- has now been signed off on as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden.