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Opal Lee gets keys to new home 85 years after Texas mob drove family out
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton· 2 days agoOpal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 2 days agoIt was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a friend's house several...
‘Juneteenth freed the people’: Opal Lee leads hundreds on freedom walk through Dallas
Dallas Morning News· 2 days agoOpal Lee walked outside and waved. Wearing sunglasses, a blue T-shirt and red tennis shoes, Lee led...
Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot...
Texarkana Gazette· 6 days agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given...
Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee holds annual Walk for Freedom in Dallas
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 3 days agoLee helped make happen. The mileage represents the 2.5 years it took news of the Emancipation...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee Gifted New House, Built Where Her Family Home Was Burned Down...
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe 97-year-old received the keys to her new house this week, built where her family's Fort Worth,...
'We need to be united' | The Grandmother of Juneteenth hosted her 2024 Walk for Freedom in Dallas
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 2 days agoWhen Ms. Opal Lee hosted her annual Walk for Freedom in Dallas, it was her first time doing it away...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent US via AOL· 2 days agoA white mob burned down Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas in 1939. She was 12 years old
Here’s what to know, where to go for Opal’s Walk on Juneteenth
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoOpal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, will lead the community on June 19 in her annual 2.5-mile...
Opal Lee Now Holds Ownership Of A Texas Property That Was Once Stripped From Her Family By Racist...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPioneer Opal Lee has received the keys to her new home. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, in 1939,...