Sheila Jackson Lee
Former U.S. Representative - TX District 18 · TX (District 18) · D
Sheila Jackson Lee represented Texas's 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House from January 1995 until her death on July 19, 2024. A Democrat from Houston, she served nearly 30 years in Congress and authored the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which established the first new federal holiday in 38 years.
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Black communities preserved Juneteenth for 150 years despite Jim Crow suppression
Black communities preserved freedom celebrations through 150 years of white suppression
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