The holiday has been celebrated by Black Americans for generations, but became more widely observed after being designated a ...

The Bay Area celebrated Juneteenth with an event drawing families and residents old and young in Oakland and other activities around the region. Hundreds enjoyed live music, food and drinks at the ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

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

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...

What happens when an unexpected gift completely transforms your life's trajectory? That's what we explored in the recent PozCast with Nkenge Adams, the visionary founder of Nkenge's Gallery.

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth.The annual walk takes ...

Opal Lee was awarded the Medal of Freedom, recognizing her pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday in ...

This is related to Lee's recent hospitalization. Since its inception in 2016, Lee has never missed the event held in Fort ...

Opal Lee is known to many as "Grandmother of Juneteenth”. In an unfortunate turn of events, Lee will not be able to participate in this year’s walk for freedom as the 98-year-old was recently ...

For Ms. Opal, the hope was to ensure that a history she understood as central to her story, and to the story of our nation, ...