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

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

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

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

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

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

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, ...

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

Most retail and grocery locations like Target, H-E-B, Walmart, Kroger and Costco will be open. Most restaurants, from fast to ...

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

Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. She is known by many different titles. Grandmother of Juneteenth ...