and has had a children’s book written about her (Alice Faye Duncan’s Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free). But Lee remains hyperfocused on a series of smaller tasks. Juneteenth was a Project ...

Her likeness was rendered by another Texas legend, Kermit Oliver, who was the first Black artist to be represented by a major ...

A big one. This issue is more epic than usual. It’s got three big stories, each momentous in its own way, including the remarkable half-century saga of the search for Forrester’s remains.

The pending Nippon Steel deal would be unusual in granting the U.S. government some control over a private company — models ...

The pending Nippon Steel deal would be unusual in granting the U.S. government some control over a private company—models ...

Music CLASSICAL Berkshire Choral, Tanglewood, Seiji Ozawa Hall, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 2 p.m. Sunday. $12. 888-266-1200 or bso.org. Anthony Trecek-King leads a 140-voice festival chorus in music ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she ...

Opal Lee is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades-long campaign to make the day a federal holiday ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th ...

Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is recovering after she was hospitalized last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a statement released by her family. Lee, 98, was in Ohio to be honored ...

The BriefOpal Lee, the 98-year-old "grandmother of Juneteenth," has returned to Fort Worth after being hospitalized in ...