President Biden will award 19 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, the nation's highest civilian honor. One of the recipients is Fort Worth's own Opal Lee.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Joe Biden named Fort Worth’s Opal Lee as one of 19 recipients of the award.

FORT WORTH, Texas — 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 ...

FORT WORTH — Opal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she was recognized with the nation's highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal of ...

Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom Lee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday. To stream WFAA on your ...