The aroma of smoked turkey legs floated through the air as hundreds gathered along Evans Avenue in Fort Worth to celebrate ...

Juneteenth was even more special this year for Opal Lee ... as a federal holiday. In 2016, Lee embarked on a 1,400-mile journey from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the holiday.

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — By the time the drumming and dancing starts Thursday, an organization that promotes African American ...

The National Juneteenth Museum, a project years in the making, is set to rise on the site of the Southside Community Center.

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...

Fort Worth celebrated Juneteenth with Opal Lee’s annual Walk for Freedom, a symbolic 2.5-mile event representing the delay in ...

Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...

What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up ...

Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.

The question everyone is asking—will the grandmother of Juneteenth be at this year's Walk for Freedom? FOX 4's Steven Dial is in Fort Worth with the latest update.