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Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom to take place in Fort Worth on Juneteenth
Lee's annual 2.5-mile walk acknowledges the two and a half years it took for news of freedom to reach those enslaved in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Over the decades, the celebrations that followed became known as Juneteenth.
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For Ms. Opal, the hope was to ensure that a history she understood as central to her story, and to the story of our nation, ...
“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves ...
The journey from local observance to national holiday was a lengthy one, spanning over a century-and-a-half of American ...
The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' chronicles the life of Lee and the history behind America’s newest federal holiday.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing ...
There are a number of events to mark Juneteenth across North Texas, including Opal Lee's famed Walk For Freedom.
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