Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. Fitz Lee was honored today during a ceremony renaming the installation after him.

News & Politics At 98, the Grandmother of Juneteenth Still Has Work to Do “When he calls me, I don’t plan to be in no rocking chair waiting for him," Opal Lee says. "Too much to be done.” ...

In 2009, Mr. Milk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top civilian medal, by President Obama.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee says he'll revisit legislation to sell millions of acres of federally held land to create 'freedom zones' of single family homes ...

Civil rights activist Opal Lee spent years lobbying for Juneteenth to receive national recognition, including leading a walk from Texas to Washington, DC, and starting a petition which garnered ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas ...

Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, becomes emotional talking about her grandmother on stage following the Opal Lee Walk for Freedom at Farrington Field in Fort Worth on Thursday, June 19 ...

While Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was not able to attend her annual walk in Fort Worth, the community showed up in droves.

For the first time since 2018, Sim’s grandmother, Opal Lee — known widely as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” — would not lead the annual freedom walk following a hospitalization.

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.