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.

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, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, sat down with ABC News for the first interview inside her new home. ABC News. It was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a ...

Opal Lee, left, applauds during a ceremony before aising the first wall to her new home on her family’s former lot in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas, but the 97-year-old said she still remembers the White crowd that forced her family out ...

Opal Lee's annual Walk for Freedom is just the beginning, Grandmother of Juneteenth says 03:59. DALLAS — The Grandmother of Juneteenth is sharing the love this year: the annual Opal's Walk for ...

Dr. Opal Lee, often referred to as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” has played a pivotal role in the journey to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Her tireless activism, commitment to social ...

News & Politics At 98, the Grandmother of Juneteenth Still Has Work to Do “When he calls me, I don’t plan to be in no rocking chair waiting for him," Opal Lee says.

Miss Opal Lee could become the first person from Fort Worth to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which is her 96th birthday. Here’s a look at her life.

Opal Lee sits in a rocking chair while waiting to give interviews on the porch of her new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing reassuring news after a recent health scare. “She is doing well. She is ...

Opal Lee, left, who helped make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, poses with her portrait after it was unveiled in the Texas Senate Chamber, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP ...