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

"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee is one of 19 recipients this year of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. Fort Worth activist Opal Lee, known for her work to have ...

Opal Lee was awarded the Medal of Freedom, recognizing her pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday in ...

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

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

Opal Lee, the 98-year-old "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not physically lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth ...

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, ...

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

Blavity can exclusively report that an upcoming graphic novel has been set on Opal Lee, aka the Grandmother of Juneteenth. The news of the book, First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, ...

In honor of her decades-long advocacy for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday, Opal Lee will receive the nation's highest civilian honor at the White House on Friday along with 18 others.

Opal Lee, 98, (center) will not attend this year’s Walk of Freedom, recognizing the Juneteenth holiday, due to health ...

In May last year, Opal Lee was awarded the Medal of Freedom, recognizing her pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday in the US. For the first time since 2016, Opal Lee will ...