In 2023, FOX 4 sat down with Opal Lee, a Fort Worth woman who became known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. Hear her story about the effort to make Juneteenth a national holiday.

Opal Lee, "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will participate virtually in this year's Walk for Freedom after her recent hospitalization.

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 ...

Texas News Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, currently hospitalized, family says Dione Sims, Lee's granddaughter, says Lee is doing well and waiting on discharge orders.

Juneteenth was even more special this year for Opal Lee, affectionately known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” The 97-year-old was handed the keys to her newly constructed house last week ...

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

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

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.

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.