Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, led the annual Walk For Freedom in Dallas. The event recognized the two and a half years it took for enslaved people in Texas to find out they had been freed.
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ leads 2.5 mile annual walk in Texas
Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, led the annual Walk For Freedom in Dallas. The event recognized the two and a half years it took for enslaved people in Texas to find out they had been freed.