The BriefOpal Lee, the 98-year-old "grandmother of Juneteenth," has returned to Fort Worth after being hospitalized in ...

There is great news for the Fort Worth grandmother who became the voice for a federal Juneteenth holiday. Opal Lee is out of ...

Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...

Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, is back in Fort Worth after being admitted to the hospital in Ohio.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing ...

Opal Lee is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades-long campaign to make the day a federal holiday ...

This is where Opal Lee’s childhood home once burned. Her parents had worked hard to purchase the land and the house upon it. They had moved here from Marshall, in East Texas, her father hoping ...

Opal Lee walked from Texas to D.C. to bring attention to Juneteenth. When President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...

Opal Lee has spent most of her adult life fighting for racial equality in America. Thanks in part to her activism, Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when she was 94.

The 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday has been given the keys to her new home. Opal Lee’s new house is built on the same lot in Fort Worth that her family was ...

Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Renowned across the country for her civil rights activism and widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” Opal Lee is well aware of the influence and ...