Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
by Alice Faye Duncan and Keturah Ariel Bobo
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Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth... read more
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- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Holiday
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2022
Word Count 1,463
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 517483, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Slaves--Emancipation--Texas--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- Lee, Opal, 1926-
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Patriotic Holidays
- African Americans--Texas--History--Juvenile literature
- Juneteenth--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers--Texas--Juvenile literature
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