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Juneteenth Block Party fills Historic Southside with celebration and community
The aroma of smoked turkey legs floated through the air as hundreds gathered along Evans Avenue in Fort Worth to celebrate ...
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Hundreds of Texans walk for Opal Lee at her annual Fort Worth Juneteenth celebration
The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...
Walk for Freedom attendees celebrate Juneteenth while honoring Opal Lee, despite her absence
The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...
Fort Worth ‘showed out’ for Juneteenth walk as Opal Lee attends virtually
Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...
Older generations walk in Fort Worth to preserve Juneteenth history: ‘Don't let it die'
Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...
See The Dallas Morning News’ best stories about Opal Lee in honor of Juneteenth
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...
The Juneteenth Walk of Freedom returns to Fort Worth. Opal Lee to attend virtually
Opal's Lee Walk for Freedom is coming back to Fort Worth but without Lee - considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" - to ...
Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, won't attend Walk for Freedom march in person, granddaughter says
Opal Lee, "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will participate virtually in this year's Walk for Freedom after her recent ...
Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery
Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, attracting participants who said current events strengthened ...