Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and the freedom of enslaved people in Texas. Lee, known as the grandmother of ...

Opal Lee, 98, (center) will not attend this year’s Walk of Freedom, recognizing the Juneteenth holiday, due to health concerns, but she plans to participate virtually. She’s shown here at the walk in ...

The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into law. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden in May 2024 ...

Opal Lee 's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth. Lee's granddaughter, ...

Opal Lee, known to many as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year’s Walk for Freedom march due to a recent hospitalization.

Opal Lee, the 98-year-old "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not physically lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth ...

On Thursday, June 19, Opal Lee, Unity Unlimited, Inc., NBC 5, and Telemundo 39, celebrated Juneteenth with Opal’s Walk for Freedom. The walk featured a new, scenic route in Fort Worth that ...

Opal Lee, 93, stands in front of the East Annie Street lot on June 2, 2021, where white rioters attacked, invaded and burned her family's home in 1939. Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS ...