Opal Lee did not vote for President Donald Trump, but the 98-year-old civil rights icon says she is ready to work with him.

An educator and civil rights advocate, Lee called for unity and hope, drawing deeply from Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring ...

Opal Lee, 94, was at the centre of a campaign to recognise Juneteenth as a national holiday in the US Opal Lee was 12 when a mob of white supremacists vandalised and set fire to her family's home ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," called for unity and hope in a letter to President Trump on his inauguration day, ...

"She's been making things happen her whole life. She's just an extraordinary person in just every way," TCU Professor James ...

President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Fort Worth’s “grandmother of Juneteenth” ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth's Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has written an open letter to President Donald Trump, inviting him to participate in upcoming Juneteenth ...

Jan. 15, 1986: Opal Lee, right, and Brenda Polk carry a painted banner of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a ...

The campaign to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday began in Fort Worth thanks to activist Opal Lee. As a child in 1930, Lee witnessed a group of 500 white supremacists vandalize and burn ...

Though activists — including the 95-year-old "grandmother of Juneteenth," Opal Lee — had been pushing for federal recognition for years, the movement gained new momentum following the death of ...

After gaining federal recognition, many became familiar with Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed. 'Grandmother' of Juneteenth Opal Lee attends her 1st DNC at age 97 ...