Supporters insist that the one-woman stage play will uplift the audience, even as they learn about Fannie Lou Hamer.
The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...
Sixty years ago, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gave a searing testimony about voter suppression before the ...
More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas, but the 97-year-old said she still remembers the White crowd that forced her family out ...
Fort Worth’s Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, wants to motivate and inspire North Texas to get out and vote.
Opal Lee, the civil rights activist whose crusade helped to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, celebrated her 98th birthday this week. She helped organize one of the first major celebrations in ...
4:47 p.m. Oct. 4: Updated with more information on the museum. Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrated her 98th birthday Thursday night and got a glimpse of the interior ...
The National Juneteenth Museum gave Opal Lee an early birthday gift — new renderings for the museum that she has long championed. Lee, also known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” will ...
The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...
Two days before the Nov. 5 election, Opal Lee will bring a play to Fort Worth that pays tribute to Hamer’s legacy as a voting rights advocate, according to a news release. The production will be ...