Opal Lee

KERA's Galilee Abdullah spoke to Opal Lee, known as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth", who shared her experience watching the new federal holiday get signed into law. Lee says there's more work to be done.

The United States is commemorating the end of slavery with a new federal holiday.

For over 40 years, Opal Lee has led the city’s event planning for the holiday.

This crusader for a national Juneteenth holiday reflects on the history of her people and on her remarkable life.

An 89-year-old Fort Worth woman is on a mission to make Juneteenth a nationally observed holiday. Juneteenth marks the day that word arrived in Texas that…