In 2016, Lee began campaigning for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday. According to NBC DFW, the “little old lady in tennis shoes" began her journey on foot in her hometown of Fort ...

Opal Lee remembers her first Juneteenth celebration in Marshall, Texas. Just a little girl at the time, she recalls the joy and excitement of the day — the music, the food, the ball games and ...

Lee’s grandfather, the one born two years after Juneteenth 1865, was also the first Black man to work as a letter carrier in Texas, which she knows from seeing photos of him riding horseback.

Opal Lee received an applause during an event to mark the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington.

Lee, known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, cemented June 19's status as a national holiday in 2021 after years of advocacy, which included a 1,400-mile trek to Washington, D.C.

On Juneteenth in 2020, Lee, a social activist and retired teacher, walked 2.5 miles from the Fort Worth Convention Center down Lancaster to the Will Rogers Auditorium.

Opal Lee, who is also known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” walked in 2016 from Texas to Washington, D.C. at the age of 89 with hopes of talking to then-President Barack Obama about ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The woman known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was honored in Philadelphia on Sunday. Opal Lee, at the age of 90, launched a successful walking campaign to make ...

ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of people celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday with an art walk and vendor fair at The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre. Arts organizations – including Celebration ...

They don’t care if you’re disgusted,” he added. Both Sharpton and Lee say honoring Juneteenth also means taking action—and for them, that starts with a conversation and a ballot.