Opal Lee is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth".
Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaican award-winning poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally. Professor Emeritus at California College of the Arts, Dr. Adisa is also the current Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, where she currently resides.
There's a girl named Opal in The Apprentices by Maile Meloy.
― Anonymous User 9/26/2018
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Opal Tometi is a New York-based Nigerian-American writer, Strategist and community organizer. She is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She is the excurive director of BAJL (Black Alliance For Just Immigration). Tometi collaborates with Staff and communities in Los Angles, New York City, Oakland, Washington DC And communities throughout the Southern states. Her work has been published by The Huffington Post.
Pretty sure this was Oprah Winfrey's birth name, but people mispronounced as Oprah so she went by that.
― Anonymous User 6/11/2018
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The comment about Oprah Winfrey is completely wrong. Her mother wanted to name her Orpah after the character in the old testament (book of Ruth), but she misread it and thought it was Oprah. It has nothing to do with Opal.
― Anonymous User 10/18/2018
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Opal is the mother of the three Otter children in PB&J Otter.
― Anonymous User 5/23/2018
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Opal was the name of Judy's aunt in the children's novel Judy Moody.
― Anonymous User 4/9/2017
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Opal is the name of a character in the tv series 'The Legend of Korra'.
Opal was the name of Opal Whitely, a woman who became very famus in the 20's for her childhood diary, which she published, but people accused her of fraud. This is a very interesting story that almost no one knows about, I would recommend it.