Opal Lee walked from Texas to D.C. to bring attention to Juneteenth. When President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...

Opal Lee, an activist for the Juneteenth holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee about the holiday she worked hard to solidify. Many ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that recognizes the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. The commemoration ...

“July 4 freed the land,” Lee said before the walk. “But Juneteenth freed the people.” Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, speaks at the African American Museum Opal Lee, the ...

The video above is from FOX19 NOW’s media partners’ previous coverage in 2021.CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Dr. Opal Lee, the woman ...

MORE: Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday She found success in her efforts when President Biden signed the June 19 holiday into law in 2021.

Opal Lee has spent most of her adult life fighting for racial equality in America. Thanks in part to her activism, Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when she was 94.

Celebrate Juneteenth with NBC 5, Telemundo 39, Unity Unlimited, Inc., and Dr. Opal Lee on Thursday, June 19, at Opal’s Walk for Freedom. This year’s walk features a new, scenic route in Fort ...

Opal Lee, the civil rights activist whose crusade helped to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, celebrated her 98th birthday this week. She helped organize one of the first major celebrations in ...

Opal Lee is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth for her efforts in getting the date recognized as a national holiday. FORT WORTH, Texas -- It was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her ...