Dunbar Elementary teacher Opal Roland, center, later Opal Lee, was a speaker June 8, 1969, at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Living Textbook Conference at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Opal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair on the front porch. The Grandmother of Juneteenth — who lost her house on the same lot to a ...

Miss Opal Lee could become the first person from Fort Worth to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which is her 96th birthday. Here’s a look at her life.

Fort Worth City Councilwoman Mia Hall of District 6 speaks to the crowd gathered following the Opal Lee Walk for Freedom at Farrington Field in Fort Worth on Thursday, June 19, 2025.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee had a simple rule in her home. If her kids were reading a book, they didn’t have to clean. “I didn’t disturb them,” Lee said. “I’d rather they read than ...

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 ...

On Thursday morning, 97-year-old Opal Lee said she was overwhelmed with joy. “I could do a holy dance. But the kids say when I try, I’m twerking, whatever that is," she said. The Fort Worth ...

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

Opal Lee first made national headlines in 2016, when the then-89-year-old walked more than 1,400 miles from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., in a campaign to convince lawmakers to recognize ...

Opal Lee shared those memories about June 19, 1939. Since then, her longtime community work in Fort Worth includes a farm named after her where volunteers grow food for needy families.

During her walk through downtown Fort Worth, Opal Lee (center) stopped in the middle of Commerce St. and danced to a live music performance for her, Saturday morning, June 19, 2021.