Opal Lee, the woman who crusaded to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday, has an Indiana connection about which she ...

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

The National Juneteenth Museum gave Opal Lee an early birthday gift — new renderings for the museum that she has long ...

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

Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrated her 98th birthday Thursday night and was able to see what the inside of ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home.

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, 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 ...

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 ...

4:47 p.m. Oct. 4: Updated with more information on the museum. Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrated her 98th birthday Thursday night and got a glimpse of the interior ...

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 ...