Dr. Opal Lee is known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" for her tireless effort to make sure that time in history became a national holiday. Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19, commemorates ...
Fort Worth hero Opal Lee will soon get a new home. The house will be built on the same land where her family home was burned down in 1939. Lee was a young girl at the time but says she never lost hope ...