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.
Organizers of one Arlington event said it was a great opportunity to educate the community about Black history.
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.
Hunter Metcalf accepted his twin Austin's, posthumous diploma during an emotional Memorial High graduation.
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Hunter Metcalf accepted his twin Austin's, posthumous diploma during an emotional Memorial High graduation.
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First responders rescued an infant from a car that became trapped in floodwaters in southern Texas on Saturday, video shows.
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The GOP senator said the meeting included "screaming," adding that "fiery does not begin to cut it."
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
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The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
The most recent week of data from Dallas County Health and Human Services shows a 50% increase in positive flu cases.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
After sharing management of the arena for decades, the Mavericks are now in full control.
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
Expensive tickets, trouble getting visas and anti-American sentiment may all be contributing to underwhelming demand.
Herring said that in the year before tariffs, used car sales were just under half of his business at his dealership in Irving; Now, they are nearly 75 percent.
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Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona, but it will now move its training base to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego.
Kyle Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday.
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Kyle Busch, 41, died suddenly on Thursday after being hospitalized with an illness, according to his team.
In just a couple of weeks, the Swedish national team is expected to arrive in North Texas.
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Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
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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.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
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