The Opal, named after the Grandmother of Juneteenth, opens in North Fort Worth on Thursday.

Opal Lee did not vote for President Donald Trump, but the 98-year-old civil rights icon says she is ready to work with him.

An educator and civil rights advocate, Lee called for unity and hope, drawing deeply from Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring ...

Jan. 15, 1986: Opal Lee, right, and Brenda Polk carry a painted banner of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a ...

"She's been making things happen her whole life. She's just an extraordinary person in just every way," TCU Professor James ...

President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Fort Worth’s “grandmother of Juneteenth” ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH – Opal Lee, affectionately known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," sent a heartfelt letter to President Donald Trump on his inauguration day, which coincided with the nation's ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," called for unity and hope in a letter to President Trump on his inauguration day, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth's Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has written an open letter to President Donald Trump, inviting him to participate in upcoming Juneteenth ...