National Juneteenth Museum takes shape in Fort Worth, Texas
In 2016, at 89, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to help get Juneteenth made a federal holiday, which it final
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In 2016, at 89, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to help get Juneteenth made a federal holiday, which it final
The institution will be a piece of an economic development project to revitalize the city’s Southside neighborhood. Learn more at Boston.com.
Bjarke Ingels Group and Texas-firm KAI have unveiled renderings of the National Juneteenth Museum, which will be located in Fort Worth.
The brainchild of Opal Lee, the institution will be part of an economic development project aimed at revitalizing the city’s Historic Southside neighborhood.
Congress has nominated 95-year-old "Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize after her decades of community-facing work.