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In a first, ‘granddaughter of Juneteenth’ leads Opal’s freedom walk
What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up for Opal’s Walk for Freedom, a 2.5-mile trek to celebrate Juneteenth. Sims, who led the walk, called herself the “granddaughter of Juneteenth.”
Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom to take place in Fort Worth on Juneteenth
Lee's annual 2.5-mile walk acknowledges the two and a half years it took for news of freedom to reach those enslaved in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Over the decades, the celebrations that followed became known as Juneteenth.
Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award finalist, shares the real-life story of Josefina ...
The Religious Freedom Annual Review was held at the BYU Conference Center on Tuesday, June 17. The meeting was attended by ...
"It's more important than ever to gather publicly and tell our stories and lift up the Black voices through art and joy,” ...
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Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.
Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they ...
By adding a contemporary red cap to Bowser’s original composition, Pyle creates a visual dialogue between the USCT’s fight ...
Every Saturday, students gather at the African American Museum's Freedom School in Dallas to learn about history and then ...
Eleven new graduates have completed training through Freedom House 2.0, paving the way for a career that brings compassion ...
The Indiana Region of the American Red Cross and WFIE 14 News invite the community to give blood at the annual Celebrate ...
About 20 community members gathered Wednesday evening with The Charlotte Observer to discuss what freedom means to them ahead ...
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