National Juneteenth Museum

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.

The Southside Community Center is not currently for sale, but that could change as Fort Worth considers how to address an estimated $9.9 million in repairs.

A soaring golden roof, star-shaped courtyard and an amphitheater are just a portion of the National Juneteenth Museum’s plans for Fort Worth’s Historic Southside neighborhood.

The artist, Fort Worth's Sedrick Huckaby will also give a talk with Lee Sunday at the Amon Carter Museum.

General Order No. 3 marked the actual end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The only original copy of the document is housed in the Hall of State in Fair Park.

The Plano African American Museum is set to launch a soft opening on June 17th — just in time for the city's celebration of Juneteenth.

A list of Juneteenth events in North Texas