In 2016, Lee began campaigning for Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday. According to NBC DFW, the “little old lady in tennis shoes" began her journey on foot in her hometown of Fort ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Despite not being physically there, Opal Lee's presence was felt throughout the annual Walk For Freedom celebrating Juneteenth in Fort Worth. Hundreds of people took on Lee's ...

Opal Lee remembers her first Juneteenth celebration in Marshall, Texas. Just a little girl at the time, she recalls the joy and excitement of the day — the music, the food, the ball games and ...

Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom The walk, which started in 2016, was held to lobby for having Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.

Opal Lee received an applause during an event to mark the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington.

Older generations walk in Fort Worth to preserve Juneteenth history: ‘Don't let it die' After a recent hospitalization, Opal Lee missed the walk and passed the torch to her granddaughter Dione Sims.

Opal Lee, the 95-year-old woman credited as an integral part of helping get Juneteenth honored as a national holiday, is a force to be reckoned with, as CNN's Don Lemon learned when he tried to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The woman known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was honored in Philadelphia on Sunday. Opal Lee, at the age of 90, launched a successful walking campaign to make ...

Lee’s grandfather, the one born two years after Juneteenth 1865, was also the first Black man to work as a letter carrier in Texas, which she knows from seeing photos of him riding horseback.

Dr. Opal Lee, known as the “ Grandmother of Juneteenth,” sat down with NBC 5 to discuss how she feels about the administration’s recent move.

This event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Who is Opal Lee?