Juneteenth

The city recognized the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” who passed through Balch Springs during her historic walk in 2016 to make Juneteenth a national holiday.

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.

Eight months after cutting ties with a developer tapped to redevelop Historic Southside, the city of Fort Worth announced a new master developer for its Evans and Rosedale urban village project.

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.

Artist Christopher Blay transforms a transit bus from the 1970s into a monument telling visitors about the importance of buses during the Civil Rights Movement.

Police said the shooting began around 10:40 p.m. Saturday as a fight between two groups at Old Settlers Park. Fourteen victims were injured and transported to area hospitals. As of Sunday night, most had been released and the rest were in stable condition.

The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was gifted the home built on the same site where her family home once stood.

Multiple events celebrate historic day in Texas that marked freedom

Looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Tarrant County? Events are planned across the county for the federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War.

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.

Opal Lee spent years fighting for the recognition of June 19 as a national holiday.

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.