Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," is recovering after she was hospitalized last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a statement released by her family. Lee, 98, was in Ohio to be honored with the International Freedom Conductor Award at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center,

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th anniversary of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, her family confirmed Sunday to The Dallas Morning News.

Opal Lee is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades-long campaign to make the day a federal holiday