Opal Lee, known to many as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year’s Walk for Freedom march due to a recent hospitalization.

In 2016, at age 89, Opal Lee set out to walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., a symbolic 1,400-mile journey, to raise awareness and advocate for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday.

Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, center, walks through Fair Park with her granddaughter Dione Sims, second from left and hundreds of participants during 2024 Opal's Walk for Freedom ...

DALLAS — Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not be walking in her annual Walk for Freedom event in Fort Worth. Dione Sims, Lee's granddaughter, confirmed Thursday that Lee ...

This event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Who is Opal Lee?

Opal Lee has been described as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. In 2016, at 89 years old, Lee, a former teacher and lifelong activist, walked from her home ...

Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom The walk, which started in 2016, was held to lobby for having Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.

Meet Opal Lee, the Juneteenth ‘grandmother of the movement’ In 2016, 89-year-old Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to the nation’s capital in an effort to get Juneteenth ...

Marshall native, national gem and Fort Worth treasure Opal Lee is affectionately revered as “The Grandmother of Juneteenth.” She helped make June 19 a federal holiday and has worked for change.