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. She led the push to make Juneteenth a federal ...

Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee is photographed in her new Fort Worth home office, January 15, 2025. Lee was named the 2021 "Texan of the Year" by The Dallas Morning News. In 2024, she was ...

FORT WORTH – Opal Lee, affectionately known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," sent a heartfelt letter to President Donald Trump on his inauguration day, which coincided with the nation's ...

Day, and Fort Worth’s “grandmother of Juneteenth” and East Texas native Opal Lee took advantage of the occasion to call on the incoming chief executive to live up to the civil rights leader ...

TEXAS — Dr. Opal Lee, known ask the Grandmother of Juneteenth, called for unity in an open letter she penned to President Donald Trump to coincide with his inauguration on Monday. Lee, 98, a Texas ...

Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling for the new president to show courage and unity. Lee took on the mantle of Grandmother of Juneteenth for ...

Opal Lee, who’s known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, sits on her new porch for a celebration to commemorate the opening of her new house at Historic Southside in Fort Worth on Friday ...