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

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

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

Opal Lee 's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth. Lee's granddaughter, ...

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

Opal Lee's annual Walk for Freedom took place Thursday morning. For the first time, Lee wasn't in attendance.

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

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

Marshall native, national gem and Fort Worth treasure Opal Lee is affectionately revered as “The Grandmother of Juneteenth.” ...

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

The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...