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Dr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
It is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to the “prosperity, values, or security of the United States,” according to The White House. Lee will be one of 19 recipients of the
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