Caravan Follows Ms. Opal Lee on Juneteenth March Through Fort Worth

On foot at age 93, Opal Lee led a 2.5-mile caravan of cars through Fort Worth to symbolize the two and a half years it took for slaves in Texas to learn of their freedom granted in the Emancipation Proclamation. The Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Fort Worth is part of a larger movement to make the state’s Juneteenth holiday a national holiday.