Courtesy: officialblackwallstreet Dr. Opal Lee, widely celebrated as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, has reached another historic milestone as she becomes the latest honoree in Barbie’s Inspiring Women series. The doll recognizes a lifetime of advocacy that helped elevate Juneteenth from a community remembrance to a federally recognized holiday. For Lee, whose work spans decades, the…
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True Story of ‘Kemba’, Convicted Girlfriend of Known Drug Kingpin, now streaming on BET+ in Honor of Black History Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 4, 2025) – Before former President Joseph Biden left office, he granted justice and freedom to scores of Americans including pardoning Marcus Mosiah Garvey posthumously as well as Kemba Smith Pradia while commuting the sentence of her longtime friend and former fellow inmate Michelle West. Both women were caught in the crosshairs…