National 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.

The roughly 19,000-square-foot-building is a locus of activity for the community, serving as a meeting space for everyone from young students attending after school programming to elderly adults taking part in the Golden Years Club and Steppin Grannies.

The National Juneteenth Museum gave Opal Lee an early birthday gift — new renderings for the museum that she has long championed.

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.