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Take a look at the history of Juneteenth in Fort Worth, including the legacy of Opal Lee who campaigned for years to make it ...
The National Juneteenth Museum, a project years in the making, is set to rise on the site of the Southside Community Center.
“KAI’s mission is to transform communities. This project in particular will be instrumental in transforming the near ...
Juneteenth — a portmanteau of “June ... decades and was accomplished in no small part due to the effort of Fort Worth's own Opal Lee. Known affectionately as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth ...
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...
In 1939 on the 19th of June, just days after she and her family had moved into a predominantly white neighbourhood in Fort Worth, Texas, their house was destroyed by a white mob. Opal was just 12. The ...
Several events are being held across North Texas to commemorate the day slaves in Texas learned that they had been freed.