TOKYO -- Civil rights activist icon Opal Lee, known in the United States as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," recently held a talk here to share her experiences, from growing up in segregated ...

Opal Lee, the "grandmother of Juneteenth," tells her story to middle-school students at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, May 20, 2024. (Jennessa Davey/Stars and Stripes) ...

For Lee, Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. In honor of the day, the Texas native hosted annual 2.5-mile walks to commemorate the seldom told history of some 250,000 enslaved people in ...

Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just going to sit and rock, you know?” the determined “Grandmother of Juneteenth ...

Juneteenth, held on the 19th of the month, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Opal Lee sees it as more than an American holiday.

Supporters of Opal Lee and her Juneteenth walk event make the hot holiday trek through the Historic Southside to downtown Fort Worth, Saturday morning, June 19, 2021. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) ...

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.

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director for the Equal Justice Initiative, embraces Opal Lee, who is known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, before speaking at the National Juneteenth ...

Support for Juneteenth has never been stronger, Lee says On June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation.

Opal Lee’s dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized over the summer, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day ...

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 ...