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Opal Lee leads hundreds of walkers downtown during the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth.Opal Lee greets walkers before the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth. Lee, often referred to as the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ lead her annual two and a half miles walk, representing the number of years after the Emancipation Proclamation before enslaved people in Texas learned they were free.
Opal Lee pushes one of her great granddaughters in a stroller as she leads walkers up Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth. Hundreds of walkers join Opal Lee during the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth.
A Trinity Metro bus leads a caravan trailing walkers during the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth. Opal Lee leads hundreds of walkers along Hemphill Street during the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Fort Worth.
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