Opal Lee did not vote for President Donald Trump, but the 98-year-old civil rights icon says she is ready to work with him.

An educator and civil rights advocate, Lee called for unity and hope, drawing deeply from Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring ...

Fort Worth's Opal Lee called for unity and courage in a letter to newly sworn-in President Trump on inauguration day.

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee ... She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from ...

TEXAS — Dr. Opal Lee, known ask the Grandmother of Juneteenth ... a bill making Juneteenth the 11 th federal holiday. In 2024, Biden awarded Lee the Presidential Medial of Freedom. "As a life-long ...

President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Fort Worth’s “grandmother of Juneteenth” ...