AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - State lawmakers welcomed 94-year-old activist Opal Lee of Fort Worth to the Senate Floor on Thursday, July 22 to celebrate her "determination and lifetime of work to make ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black ...

Opal Lee is recognized during an event to mark the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on the same tree-lined ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- It was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a friend's house several blocks away when an angry mob showed up at her family's home to protest Black ...

Opal Lee will once again lead the symbolic 'Walk for Freedom' here in North Texas on Wednesday morning. This year, the event commemorating Juneteenth will take place in Dallas Fair Park. Dr. Lee, a ...

Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan who successfully championed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, was honored on Wednesday with the unveiling of a portrait at the state Capitol. The ...

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States in the late 1800s. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Opal Lee, 96, had ...

Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old known as the “grandmother” of Juneteenth was presented with the keys to her new ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person ...