Opal Lee, Dallas community participate in annual Juneteenth Walk For Freedom
The walk, hosted by the Opal Lee, is 2.5 miles long, to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news and enforcement of freedom to reach the enslaved people in Texas.
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The walk, hosted by the Opal Lee, is 2.5 miles long, to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news and enforcement of freedom to reach the enslaved people in Texas.
The walk, hosted by the Opal Lee, is 2.5 miles long, to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news and enforcement of freedom to reach the enslaved people in Texas.
The walk, hosted by the Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, is 2.5 miles long, to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news and enforcement of freedom to reach the enslaved people in Texas.
The Grandmother of Juneteenth is hosting her annual Walk For Freedom on Juneteenth. This year's walk takes place in Fair Park at 9 a.m.
Several events are taking place across Dallas-Fort Worth in celebration of Juneteenth.
The "Grandmother of Juneteenth," who was 12 when white rioters burned down her family home, got the new house for free.
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Civil rights icon Opal Lee will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Methodist University.
The 97-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee is currently leading the charge for a National Juneteenth Museum.
On Thursday, dozens gathered at Duncanville's D.L. Hopkins Jr. Senior Center to meet and hear from the 97-year-old local legend.
It's on the same plot of land where her childhood home once stood.
Since Juneteenth gained formal recognition in 2021 as a national U.S. holiday, all non-essential federal offices close in observance.
Parades, concerts and art festivals are among the broad range of programs and events happening nationwide to honor Juneteenth, or Freedom Day.
The national holiday became federally-recognized in 2021. But communities have been celebrating Emancipation Day for more than a century.
This deep Texas history isn't just about Black people or freed slaves and it's not just about a federal holiday. It's about Mother Freedom and her heroes.
CBS News Texas anchor Nicole Baker traveled to Galveston to retrace history and show us how the origin story connects DFW to the monumental milestone of Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday.
A permanent museum in Galveston walks you through the life of enslaved people.
Crawford and her family are the descendants of an enslaved man brought illegally to the U.S. on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S.
It was the first Juneteenth block party held in Deep Ellum, and medics were on standby in case anyone needed medical assistance due to the heat.
Witnesses said dozens of gunshots were fired into a crowd of people attending a party in Willowbrook. Police have not identified a suspect.
The holiday was nationally recognized in 2021, but the State of Texas is no stranger to the observance.
Artist JD Moore is leaving an impression, a history map of sorts, in Deep Ellum as a nod to the day known as Juneteenth.
Opal Lee became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol.
State Senator Royce West said that the painting's unveiling, the second of a Black woman at the capitol, was long overdue.
A retired African American Studies professor talks history behind the commemorative day.
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Patrick voiced his concerns last week before the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank in Austin.
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The incident took place at the Citadelle Henri, also known as Citadelle Laferriere, a 19th-century fortress and tourist spot in the northern town of Milot.
President Trump said the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran.
The Republican candidates, State Senator Mayes Middleton and Central Texas Congressman Chip Roy, are in a very contentious fight.
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President Trump said the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran.
The Republican candidates, State Senator Mayes Middleton and Central Texas Congressman Chip Roy, are in a very contentious fight.
Patrick voiced his concerns last week before the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank in Austin.
The bond would build 26 brand new schools, renovate and modernize all campuses, remove the 700 remaining portable classrooms, and upgrade security.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was concerned about Kanye West's planned appearances at a London festival, given the rapper's past antisemitic remarks.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
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