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 has been described as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.. In 2016, at 89 years old, Lee, a former teacher and lifelong activist, walked from her home ...

Opal Lee, left, who helped make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, poses with her portrait after it was unveiled in the Texas Senate Chamber, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP ...

Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, sat down with ABC News for the first interview inside her new home. ABC News. It was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a ...

Dr. Opal Lee, often referred to as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” has played a pivotal role in the journey to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Her tireless activism, commitment to social ...

News & Politics At 98, the Grandmother of Juneteenth Still Has Work to Do “When he calls me, I don’t plan to be in no rocking chair waiting for him," Opal Lee says.

Opal Lee, the 97-year-old “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where a racist white mob trashed her family’s house more than 80 years ago. On Thursday morning ...

Opal Lee's annual Walk for Freedom is just the beginning, Grandmother of Juneteenth says 03:59. DALLAS — The Grandmother of Juneteenth is sharing the love this year: the annual Opal's Walk for ...

Opal Lee, left, applauds during a ceremony before aising the first wall to her new home on her family’s former lot in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Opal Lee sits in a rocking chair while waiting to give interviews on the porch of her new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ...

Opal Lee sits in a rocking chair while waiting to give interviews on the porch of her new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. Habitat for Humanity built Lee the home on the same lot ...

More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas, but the 97-year-old said she still remembers the White crowd that forced her family out ...