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Fort Worth ‘showed out’ for Juneteenth walk as Opal Lee attends virtually
Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following the Opal Lee Walk for Freedom at Farrington Field in Fort Worth on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Lee was not able to participate in this years walk due to health concerns.
What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up ...
I feel like it was a message," Devondrick Hartsfield said. "It was very intentional. I was the only Black man there." ...
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 ...
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...
Like most federal holidays, expect your local banks and credit unions to be closed in observance of Juneteenth. Postal ...
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