Opal Lee, best known for her campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday, will receive an honorary doctorate from SMU. The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” successfully lobbied to ...

Juneteenth icon Opal Lee, of Fort Worth, is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Friday. Lee was one of 19 recipients of the award that were announced.

That was the case until nearly 100 years later, on June 19, 1863, or what is now recognized as Juneteenth. While I grew up in the American South, I never learned about Juneteenth in school.

Juneteenth is America's newest federal holiday. The day commemorates the freedom of enslaved African Americans in the United States. But it took over 150 years to get to this point. While the ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

Rosedale St. The nearby community center would allow the museum to stay within the neighborhood and close to the corner where civil rights icon Opal Lee, “The Grandmother of Juneteenth,” began ...