Opal Lee, the 98-year-old "grandmother of Juneteenth," has returned to Fort Worth after being hospitalized in Ohio. She's ...

Family says Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth,' is currently hospitalized but doing well. The U.S. Economy Is Headed ...

Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, is back in Fort Worth after being admitted to the hospital in Ohio.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...

June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers liberated Texas slaves, came to be known as "Juneteenth," the oldest nationally celebrated ...

Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African ...

This is where Opal Lee’s childhood home once burned. Her parents had worked hard to purchase the land and the house upon it. They had moved here from Marshall, in East Texas, her father hoping ...

A big one. This issue is more epic than usual. It’s got three big stories, each momentous in its own way, including the remarkable half-century saga of the search for Forrester’s remains.

From a unity walk to live music and food vendors, Lafayette’s Juneteenth celebration offers free, family-friendly events honoring freedom and community.

Though celebrated for hundreds of years in parts of the U.S., Juneteenth’s history and significance only recently scaled for ...

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