Opal Lee to Receive Honorary Degree
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Civil rights icon Opal Lee will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU). A retired teacher and lifelong activist, Lee was 89 in 2016 when she conducted a symbolic walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., Gerald Turner.
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