The BriefOpal Lee, the 98-year-old "grandmother of Juneteenth," has returned to Fort Worth after being hospitalized in ...

Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th ...

There is great news for the Fort Worth grandmother who became the voice for a federal Juneteenth holiday. Opal Lee is out of ...

This is where Opal Lee’s childhood home once burned ... She was a good student, first in Marshall and then when her family moved to Fort Worth, where they stayed even after the mob attack.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing ...

Opal Lee sits near a display of awards she has received while chatting with the Star-Telegram on Aug. 10, 2022, in Fort Worth. Yffy Yossifor [email protected] Where was Opal Lee born and ...

Opal Lee, 93, stands in front of the East Annie Street lot on June 2, 2021, where white rioters attacked, invaded and burned her family's home in 1939. Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS ...

A new portrait of Opal Lee by Fort Worth artist Sedrick Huckaby is on display at the Amon Carter Museum this weekend, July 7-9, 2023. A new portrait of Opal Lee, “Grandmother of Juneteenth ...

In 2016, she walked 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to draw attention to the date. MORE: Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," is recovering after she was hospitalized last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, according ...