OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...

Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...

For the first Juneteenth since her passing, Houstonians will gather to honor the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee—the ...

Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...

Late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was honored during a Juneteenth forum. Meanwhile, the daughter of late Rep. Sylvester ...

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

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...

Lee, 98, was hospitalized last month for an undisclosed reason in Ohio on a trip to mark the 30th anniversary of the National ...

Opal Lee, 98, (center) will not attend this year’s Walk of Freedom, recognizing the Juneteenth holiday, due to health ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, her granddaughter said.

The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday in 2021, due in large part to the activism of ...

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...