The museum will replace the Southside Community Center, and the center will be relocated to the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for ...

Meeting space and other services would move less than half a mile away to the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods.

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

D CEO's signature special publication, the Dallas 500, features profiles of the most influential North Texas executives in more than 50 industry categories. The 2025 book, our 10th edition ...

The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” urges Trump to reconsider his executive order pausing DEI observances, including Black ...

The Defense Intelligence Agency has paused activities and events related to Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth and other "special observances" to comply with executive orders ...

Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee is photographed in her new Fort Worth home office, January 15, 2025. Lee was named the 2021 "Texan of the Year" by The Dallas Morning News. In 2024, she was ...

FORT WORTH – Opal Lee, affectionately known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," sent a heartfelt letter to President Donald Trump on his inauguration day, which coincided with the nation's ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth's Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has written an open letter to President Donald Trump, inviting him to participate in upcoming Juneteenth ...

Juneteenth was made a federal holiday by then-President Joe Biden in 2021. Each year for the holiday, Lee has hosted an annual Walk for Freedom, which was held in Dallas for the first time in June.

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," called for unity and hope in a letter to President Trump on his inauguration day, which coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.