Attendees parade down the street during Opal's Walk for Freedom on June 19, 2025, from Farrington Field and back in a two and a half mile loop in Fort Worth.

In Fort Worth, Texas, about 2,500 people participated in Opal Lee’s annual Juneteenth walk. The 98-year-old Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth” for the years she spent advocating to make the ...

In Fort Worth, Texas, about 2,500 people participated in Opal Lee’s annual Juneteenth walk.

Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. on June 19, 2025, honored the end of slavery while also confronting modern political efforts to suppress Black history and diversity initiatives ...

Celebrations were held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

While Opal Lee was sorely missed at her annual Juneteenth walk, her spirit was felt in the hundreds of people that participated in the annual Fort Worth event. Lee watched the walk from home on ...

While Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was not able to attend her annual walk in Fort Worth, the community showed up in droves.

Older generations walk in Fort Worth to preserve Juneteenth history: ‘Don't let it die' After a recent hospitalization, Opal Lee missed the walk and passed the torch to her granddaughter Dione Sims.

In 2016, Lee expanded efforts to an annual walk campaign. The petition drive gathered more than a million signatures to make Juneteenth a national holiday, which she delivered to then-President ...