Across the country this weekend, people are recognizing the significance of Juneteenth. In Fort Worth, hundreds join the grandmother of Juneteenth, Ms. Opal Lee, in her annual 2.5 mile walk to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news of freedom to reach Texas.
Across the country this weekend, people are recognizing the significance of Juneteenth.
In 2020, Opal Lee collected 1.5 million signatures to create a national holiday for Juneteenth, the day the civil war-era emancipation proclamation was announced in Texas, freeing enslaved African Americans. Saturday, on the eve of Juneteenth, Lee and many others in Fort Worth walked 2.5 miles to represent the 2.5 years it took for the news of freedom to reach Texas.
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Juneteenth holiday federally recognized thanks in part to 95-year-old Opal Lee'I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened,' said Lee, known as the 'grandmother of Juneteenth.'
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Juneteenth holiday federally recognized thanks in part to 95-year-old Opal Lee'I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened,' said Lee, known as the 'grandmother of Juneteenth.'
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Juneteenth holiday federally recognized thanks in part to 95-year-old Opal Lee'I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened,' said Lee, known as the 'grandmother of Juneteenth.'
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'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee continues her walk for freedomThe grandmother of Juneteenth, Ms. Opal Lee, made her annual two and a half mile 'walk for freedom.' The walk represents the two and a half years it took for slaves to learn they were free in 1865.
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