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

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” will not participate in this year’s Juneteenth walk following a hospitalization. Lee, 98, was hospitalized last month for an undisclosed reason in ...

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

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

Opal Lee has been described as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.. In 2016, at 89 years old, Lee, a former teacher and lifelong activist, walked from her home ...

In 2016, Opal Lee began campaigning for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals STATE ...

Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...

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

News & Politics At 98, the Grandmother of Juneteenth Still Has Work to Do “When he calls me, I don’t plan to be in no rocking chair waiting for him," Opal Lee says.

Happy Juneteenth! We can’t celebrate this illustrious holiday without honoring Opal Lee. When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Despite not being physically there, Opal Lee's presence was felt throughout the annual Walk For Freedom celebrating Juneteenth in Fort Worth. Hundreds of people took on Lee's ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the country in the wake of the US Civil War and its ...