As Opal Lee celebrates her 99th birthday Oct. 7, the Grandmother of Juneteenth said she is feeling better than ever following her hospitalization this summer.
“I’m alive and kicking,” she said over the phone.
Lee was hospitalized in late May for unknown reasons while on a trip to receive the International Freedom Conductor Award at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Ohio. Lee was released from the hospital in early June and had to miss out on her annual Juneteenth walk as she recovered at her Fort Worth home…