The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...

Lee couldn’t lead the Walk for Freedom due to health issues, but walkers still felt inspired by the Grandmother of Juneteenth ...

Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...

What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up ...

Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...

We revisit host Peter O’Dowd’s 2022 conversation with Opal Lee, the woman who spent decades walking and advocating for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday. This article was originally ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and one woman who helped make this happen is Ms. Opal Lee. She’s a mother, a ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Opal Lee was awarded the Medal of Freedom, recognizing her pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday in ...