<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/notable-alumni/opal-lee.html" dsn="news"><item_date>06/06/2022 09:26:00 AM</item_date><title>Opal Lee</title><alumni_category>Government and Public Service</alumni_category><alumni_decades>1960s</alumni_decades><prefix/><firstname>Opal</firstname><lastname>Lee</lastname><suffix/><deceased/><graduation_year>('63 M.Ed.)</graduation_year><body>Activist known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize</body><thumbnail_alumni><img src="/sites/default/files/notable-alumni/7-ms_thumb.jpg" width="900" height="676" alt="Opal Lee"/></thumbnail_alumni><featured>Not featured</featured><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><featured_text/><link>https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2022-spring/miles-go</link><type>alumni</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
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