Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrated her 98th birthday Thursday night and got a glimpse of the ...

Opal Lee, 94, was at the centre of a campaign to recognise Juneteenth as a national holiday in the US Opal Lee was 12 when a mob of white supremacists vandalised and set fire to her family's home ...

Opal Lee, known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, celebrated her 98th birthday early. The National Juneteenth Museum hosted the celebration Thursday, highlighting her significant contributions to the ...

Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrated her 98th birthday Thursday night and was able to see what the inside of the upcoming National Juneteenth Museum will look like with the revealing ...

The city recognized the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” who passed through Balch Springs during her historic walk in 2016 to ...

The National Juneteenth Museum gave Opal Lee an early birthday gift — new renderings for the museum that she has long championed. Lee, also known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” will officially ...

Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, is attending her first-ever Democratic National Convention at the age of 97.

Museum directors hoped to open the facility on the property where Fort Worth civil rights icon Opal Lee began showcasing her collection of Juneteenth artifacts and memorabilia in 2005. That one ...

in honor of Juneteenth. As the statue now gets set to leave Bastrop to head to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, a closing ceremony took place with Opal Lee ...

When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob ... who was one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. A wall-raising ceremony was held last week at the site, with Lee joining ...

Grandmother' of Juneteenth Opal Lee attends her 1st DNC at age 97 Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, is attending her ...

The campaign to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday began in Fort Worth thanks to activist Opal Lee. As a child in 1930, Lee witnessed a group of 500 white supremacists vandalize and burn ...