Devon Henry, owner of the Newport News-based construction firm Team Henry Enterprises LLC, was the keynote speaker at this year’s local Juneteenth observance, “A ...

Volunteers and leaders united in Nicholtown to build more than a home—this partnership is transforming lives and ...

Ms. Opal Lee, often called the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” spent decades advocating for national recognition of the holiday—and in 2021, her dream became law. After years of walking both streets and ...

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

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

We revisit host Peter O’Dowd’s 2022 conversation with Opal Lee, the woman who spent decades walking and advocating for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday.

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

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she is doing well. "She is doing well and in good spirits," Lee's ...

Lee, 98, joined community leaders at Thursday's grand opening of The Opal, a mixed-income housing development in North Fort Worth, near the Alliance area along the 13000 block of Green Cedar ...

Opal Lee championed Juneteenth holiday: At 95, she's still got work to do. National Juneteenth Museum in the works. A retired teacher, Lee was born Oct. 7, 1926, in Marshall, Texas.