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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 ...
In states like Florida, where restrictions on AP African American History, DEI censorship and books bans have caused turmoil, ...
Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth. The annual walk takes ...
The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday in 2021, due in large part to the activism of ...
The question everyone is asking—will the grandmother of Juneteenth be at this year's Walk for Freedom? FOX 4's Steven Dial is ...
A walk in Pacoima, a celebration in Altadena and a concert in Manhattan Beach are some of the events planned for Juneteenth ...
FOX 4 sat down with Opal Lee, a Fort Worth woman who became known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. Hear her story about the ...
She was at the forefront of a movement to make Juneteenth a national holiday. For years, she convened marches of ...
The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...
Numerous events are set to be held around the Southland Thursday to mark Juneteenth — including a walk in Pacoima honoring ...
“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves ...