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

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

A walk in all 50 states "What we're planning to do is to stand up one Opal's-branded, looks-like, feels-like Fort Worth ...

Lee, 98, was hospitalized last month for an undisclosed reason in Ohio on a trip to mark the 30th anniversary of the National ...

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

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought ...

Since the Fort Worth, Texas, event launched in 2016, Lee has never missed one. However, while traveling to receive the ...

Grandmother of Juneteenth” Opal Lee, recovering from a recent hospitalization, will not participate in her annual Walk for ...

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

Opal Lee, "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year's Walk for Freedom after her recent ...

This is related to Lee's recent hospitalization. Since its inception in 2016, Lee has never missed the event held in Fort ...

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