EditorialVice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a concert commemorating Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023. Lee, a retired schoolteacher, worked to have Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialVice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a concert commemorating Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023. Lee, a retired schoolteacher, worked to have Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialVice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a concert commemorating Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023. Lee, a retired schoolteacher, worked to have Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialVice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a concert commemorating Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023. Lee, a retired schoolteacher, worked to have Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Angie Pittman, Molly Lieber, Opal Ingle and Paul Hamilton, rehearse “The Invisible Project” with Keely Garfield, center, at Brooklyn Arts Exchange in New York, Feb. 26, 2023. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Opal Ingle, Paul Hamilton and Owen Prum and at a rehearsal of choreographer Neil Greenberg’s new dance, “Betsy,” in Manhattan, Nov. 4, 2022. (Mark Sommerfeld/The New York Times)
EditorialA rendering of the Juneteenth museum planned for the city of Fort Worth. Officials overseeing the project aim for it to open in time for the holiday in 2024. (BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group & Atchain via The New York Times)