/tags/opal-lee Opal Lee en-US Copyright Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:35:54 GMT /arts-culture/2025-02-12/fort-worth-confirms-plan-to-lease-city-property-contribute-15m-for-juneteenth-museum Nearly three years after Fort Worth officials first pledged support for the National Juneteenth Museum, council members officially confirmed plans to lease city property for the construction of the project. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:35:54 GMT /arts-culture/2025-02-12/fort-worth-confirms-plan-to-lease-city-property-contribute-15m-for-juneteenth-museum David Moreno | Fort Worth Report , Cecilia Lenzen | Fort Worth Report /arts-culture/2024-10-07/opal-lee-celebrates-birthday-with-new-renderings-of-national-juneteenth-museum The National Juneteenth Museum gave Opal Lee an early birthday gift — new renderings for the museum that she has long championed. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-10-07/opal-lee-celebrates-birthday-with-new-renderings-of-national-juneteenth-museum Marcheta Fornoff | Fort Worth Report /arts-culture/2024-10-04/involve-the-whole-city-fort-worth-group-wants-all-voices-in-former-kkk-hall-transformation Fort Worth resident Candice Puente sees the transformation of a former Ku Klux Klan auditorium as a cultural bridge for her city and community. Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:54:46 GMT /arts-culture/2024-10-04/involve-the-whole-city-fort-worth-group-wants-all-voices-in-former-kkk-hall-transformation Camilo Diaz | Fort Worth Report /news/2024-09-24/balch-springs-city-council-juneteenth-opal-lee The city recognized the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” who passed through Balch Springs during her historic walk in 2016 to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-24/balch-springs-city-council-juneteenth-opal-lee Zara Amaechi /arts-culture/2024-09-10/juneteenth-museum-switches-locations-plans-to-acquire-southside-community-center On Monday night, CEO Jarred Howard told Historic Southside residents that, if he had their blessing, the very site in which they were meeting — the Southside Community Center — could soon host the proposed 50,000-square-foot museum development. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:09:32 GMT /arts-culture/2024-09-10/juneteenth-museum-switches-locations-plans-to-acquire-southside-community-center Marcheta Fornoff | Fort Worth Report, Emily Wolf | Fort Worth Report /news/2024-06-19/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth Forth Worth activist and grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee led North Texans in a 2.5-mile walk to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas after the Civil War. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:13:09 GMT /news/2024-06-19/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth Caroline Love /news/2024-06-14/opal-lee-moves-into-rebuilt-fort-worth-childhood-home The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was gifted the home built on the same site where her family home once stood. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:17:18 GMT /news/2024-06-14/opal-lee-moves-into-rebuilt-fort-worth-childhood-home Zara Amaechi /news/2024-05-31/opal-lee-kicks-off-fort-worth-juneteenth-celebrations-with-annual-prayer-service Pastor Charlie E. Nickerson remembers being a young man running a grocery store on the southside of Fort Worth while watching Opal Lee strive to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Fri, 31 May 2024 22:36:53 GMT /news/2024-05-31/opal-lee-kicks-off-fort-worth-juneteenth-celebrations-with-annual-prayer-service Marissa Greene | Fort Worth Report /news/2024-05-03/juneteenth-opal-lee-presidential-medal-of-freedom Opal Lee spent years fighting for the recognition of June 19 as a national holiday. Fri, 03 May 2024 20:03:00 GMT /news/2024-05-03/juneteenth-opal-lee-presidential-medal-of-freedom Zara Amaechi /news/2024-03-22/homecoming-construction-begins-on-opal-lees-house-on-site-of-1939-racist-attack The grandmother of Juneteenth raised the first wall of her new home on the site where a racist mob burned down her family’s house in 1939. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:59:11 GMT /news/2024-03-22/homecoming-construction-begins-on-opal-lees-house-on-site-of-1939-racist-attack Olla Mokhtar | Fort Worth Report