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.

Opal Lee speaks at an event celebrating her 98th birthday and announcing updates from National Juneteenth Museum CEO Jarred ...

The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” urges Trump to reconsider his executive order pausing DEI observances, including Black ...

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

FORT WORTH – Opal Lee, affectionately known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," sent a heartfelt letter to President Donald Trump on his inauguration day, which coincided with the nation's ...

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

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...

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 ...

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 ...