For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many ...

Police said Morgana Bradley, 40, intentionally stopped her vehicle on Route 30, reversed into the vehicle behind her and ...

Volunteers and leaders united in Nicholtown to build more than a home—this partnership is transforming lives and ...

Ms. Opal Lee, often called the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” spent decades advocating for national recognition of the holiday—and in 2021, her dream became law. After years of walking both streets and ...

Juneteenth was even more special this year for Opal Lee, affectionately known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”The 97-year-old was handed the keys to her newly constructed house last week ...

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...

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

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

Hundreds marched in Fort Worth's Walk For Freedom, honoring Juneteenth without Opal Lee.

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.

Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...