Photos: In 1986, Opal Lee led Fort Worth’s first MLK march after it became federal holiday
Jan. 15, 1986: Opal Lee, right, and Brenda Polk carry a painted banner of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a ...
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Read what Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote about her hopes for President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day
FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...
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Juneteenth: After decades, Opal Lee finally gets her day off
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 ...
Fort Worth’s 40th annual MLK Day parade is a go, despite arctic air headed to Fort Worth
The parade is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and kick off at the intersection of 9th & Commerce Streets in ...
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Civil rights leader Opal Lee calls on Trump to honor MLK’s example of unity
Opal Lee, a Marshall native and Wiley College graduate who campaigned for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday, speaks at her Fort Worth home on March 7, 2023. (Meredith Shamburger/Marshall News ...
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM TO HONOR SARA BLAKELY, DR. OPAL LEE, SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN, AND MATTEL AT 2025 WOMEN MAKING HISTORY AW…
The National Women's History Museum (NWHM) announced today details surrounding their annual Women Making History Awards Gala, ...