Mrs. Opal Lee also known as The Grandmother of Juneteenth … born 1926 in Marshall, TX.
She is the reason that Juneteenth became a federally recognized holiday.
“I wrote this because I can’t speak about it.
I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on.”
@RBLeipzig and @equipenatciv winger Yan Diomande on the life of his sister, Roxane. https://t.co/6wQmpdWTSi
Qween Jean just became the first openly trans person to ever win a Tony Award
"We are here for the legacy of queer people. Trans people, we have to take up space. We have to shift the paradigm."
Michael Jackson paid over $7,000 to bury David Ruffin.
Aretha Franklin paid for the programs.
Stevie Wonder sang a tribute.
The man who made Motown had to be buried by other people's money because the industry used him up and threw him away.
The toe tag said
"John Doe."
20 years and counting. Unreal.
I was there in 2006 on the anchor desk in Mobile.
The video became @barstoolsports first inductee into the Internet Hall of Fame.
Here’s my annual edition of the story behind the story.
🍀https://t.co/JCgjEXRFDS