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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In honor of Juneteenth, Decider is resurfacing an article that was originally published in June of 2021 with Ms. Opal Lee, a ...

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

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

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