Opal Lee, known to many as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year’s Walk for Freedom march due to ...

When talking about Black liberation, celebration, and history, you must mention Opal Lee, affectionately known as the ...

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...

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

For Ms. Opal, the hope was to ensure that a history she understood as central to her story, and to the story of our nation, ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...

Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's ...

Opal Lee, "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will participate virtually in this year's Walk for Freedom after her recent ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, her granddaughter said.

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

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

The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday in 2021, due in large part to the activism of ...