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.

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, ...

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 ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth. Here's what to know about the holiday and why' it's celebrated.

The journey from local observance to national holiday was a lengthy one, spanning over a century-and-a-half of American history Here are some highlights of that journey ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.