Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom The walk, which started in 2016, was held to lobby for having Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.

Older generations walk in Fort Worth to preserve Juneteenth history: ‘Don't let it die' After a recent hospitalization, Opal Lee missed the walk and passed the torch to her granddaughter Dione Sims.

Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom The walk, which started in 2016, was held to lobby for having Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Despite not being physically there, Opal Lee's presence was felt throughout the annual Walk For Freedom celebrating Juneteenth in Fort Worth. Hundreds of people took on Lee's ...

Dr. Opal Lee, known as the “ Grandmother of Juneteenth,” sat down with NBC 5 to discuss how she feels about the administration’s recent move.

Opal Lee, the 95-year-old woman credited as an integral part of helping get Juneteenth honored as a national holiday, is a force to be reckoned with, as CNN's Don Lemon learned when he tried to ...

In 2016, Lee began campaigning for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday. According to NBC DFW, the “little old lady in tennis shoes" began her journey on foot in her hometown of Fort ...

Opal Lee, a civil rights leader known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” saw her childhood home burned down in 1939. Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth, Texas, built a new home for her on the ...

This event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Who is Opal Lee?

Lee, now 98, became known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her famous trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to ultimately deliver 1.5 million signatures to Congress ...

Opal Lee and other civil rights leaders remind us that none of us is truly free until all of us are free. As we commemorate the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, we honor their legacy.