Opal Lee, 95, helped make Juneteenth a national holiday. Now she wants to use it as an opportunity for education, healing and celebration.

Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just going to sit and rock, you know?” the determined “Grandmother of Juneteenth ...

Opal Lee, an activist for the Juneteenth holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee about the holiday she worked hard to solidify.

Opal Lee, 97, spent years advocating to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ...

Opal Lee, also known as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will miss marching in this year’s Walk of Freedom event The 98-year-old was recently hospitalized, which led to her first time sitting ...

Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th anniversary of the National ...

Opal Lee, the 98-year-old "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not physically lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth due to recent health issues, though the community is still urged to ...

Opal Lee, center, speaks during an Honorary Degree Symposium at SMU's Frances Anne Moody Hall in Dallas, TX, on May 9, 2024. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor) (Jason Janik / Special Contributor) ...

Opal Lee, the 97-year-old “ grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where a racist white mob trashed her family’s house more than 80 years ago. On Thursday ...

Ms. Opal Lee is on the move. The 94-year-old activist from Fort Worth, Texas, who is oft-referred to as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” has already begun her annual Walk to D.C., as part of ...

Attendees listen to a discussion with Opal Lee, known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, and Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director for Equal Justice Initiative, during the National ...

Opal Lee, the 97-year-old “ grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where a racist white mob trashed her family’s house more than 80 years ago. On Thursday ...