“I’m not going to sit in a rocker and wait for the Lord to call me. He’s going to have to catch me,” Lee said Friday.
"What is right for all people, not just what is right for Black people or Hispanics, but what is right for all people," Baker said."We all came to the same land to be treated justly and that has been the message and will continue to be the message."On Friday, Lee was the guest of honor at an event rededicating Fort Worth’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Heritage Trail marker.
Lee said she will continue to lead the walk in Fort Worth on June 19 every year for as long as she can.
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