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 ...

Opal Lee speaks at an event celebrating her 98th birthday and announcing updates from National Juneteenth Museum CEO Jarred ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Opal, named after the Grandmother of Juneteenth, opens in North Fort Worth on Thursday.

Jan. 15, 1986: Opal Lee, right, and Brenda Polk carry a painted banner of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a memorial march along East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth Paul Moseley ...