Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

This year the City of Dallas will welcome Ms. Opal Lee for her Juneteenth march. It's the first time she will lead the walk outside of Fort Worth. So, this year she says she needs one thing from ...

FORT WORTH – After 85 years, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" is moving back home. The home that Opal Lee lived in as a child was burned down on June 19, 1939, when hundreds of white rioters ...

Eighty-five years after her childhood home was destroyed, Fort Worth activist Opal Lee is moving into a new house built on the same lot by HistoryMaker Homes. Fort Worth’s “Grandmother of ...

In 2016, she walked 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to draw attention to the date. MORE: Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," is recovering after she was hospitalized last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, according ...