Fort Worth honors Juneteenth by walking 2.5 miles with Opal Lee, ‘grandmother’ of Holiday

After a lifetime of advocacy, a 1,400-mile walk to Washington, D.C., and a 2.5-mile trek through Fort Worth on Saturday afternoon in blazing heat, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” 95-year-old Opal Lee, says the work isn’t over yet.

“Juneteenth is freedom, and I’m advocating that we celebrate freedom from the 19th of June to the 4th of July, but I want you to make yourself a committee of one, because you know people who aren’t on the same page as you,” Lee said after her three-hour on-foot journey.

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