FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid temperatures that felt like 104, Opal Lee completed her “Walk for Freedom” on Monday and called for people to make a change in others.
“We all know people that aren’t on the same page as us — change their mind,” Lee told the crowd at Evans Plaza. “If people have been taught to hate, they can be taught to love.”
Lee, 96, a retired educator who has spent most of her life in Fort Worth, spent years to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Her efforts included a 1,400-mile walk to Washington in 2016. President Joe Biden signed the holiday into law in 2021 — with Lee at his side.
