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 ...

Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Opal Lee is not just the “Grandmother of Junteenth,” a Nobel ...

Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Renowned across the country for her civil rights activism and widely ...

Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, reacts while listening during a ceremony to celebrate Lee’s homecoming to her rebuilt childhood home in Fort Worth on Friday. On June 19, 1939 ...

Opal Lee first made national headlines in 2016, when the then-89-year-old walked more than 1,400 miles from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., in a campaign to convince lawmakers to recognize ...

A new portrait of Opal Lee by Fort Worth artist Sedrick Huckaby is on display at the Amon Carter Museum this weekend, July 7-9, 2023. A new portrait of Opal Lee, “Grandmother of Juneteenth ...

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

Jan. 15, 1986: Opal Lee, right, and Brenda Polk carry a painted banner of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a memorial march along East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth Paul Moseley ...