Fort Worth also plans to make a $15 million contribution to the Juneteenth museum once the nonprofit confirms it has two-thirds of the project’s planned construction costs on-hand without the city’s funding. The city initially pledged its financial commitment to the project in September 2022.

Museum officials hope to have the grand opening in 2026, when Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth​, turns 100 years old.

With Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” in attendance, the Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night to develop and lease land to the National Juneteenth Museum. The city will lease the Southside Community Center property — where the National Juneteenth Museum will be constructed — and relocate programs in the center to the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods,