Her commitment to education extended to all ages. In 1922, she opened Fort Worth’s first nursery school for Black children – ...

Among this year’s 19 recipients is Fort Worth's own Dr. Opal Lee, civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated since Reconstruction recognizing the ...

Opal Lee, or as some call her, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth." Lee, who's from Fort Worth, Texas, sat in the front row as Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.