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Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 11 hours agoIn Fort Worth, a civil rights icon is finally coming home. Dr. Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of...
Opal Lee gets keys to new home on family’s Fort Worth lot
Dallas Morning News· 7 hours agoOpal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair...
"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee moves into new home on family's former lot in Fort Worth
CBS News· 13 hours agoAfter 85 years, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" is moving back home. The home that Opal Lee lived in...
Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 hours agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally...
85 years ago, a racist mob targeted Opal Lee’s home. Her new home is a symbol of community
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIn Fort Worth, more than 30,000 people celebrated Juneteenth in 1975 in Sycamore Park. The...
Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom won’t be in Fort Worth this year, but its mission is unchanged
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 3 days agoThe popular Juneteenth walk by Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is being moved to Dallas this year but its ...
Opal Lee given back childhood home her family was forced out of by racist mob nearly 80 years ago -...
The Business Journals· 11 hours agoIn her 97 years, Opal Lee has seen a lot. The civil rights activist has marched across the country,...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in DFW
KDFW via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoNumerous Juneteenth events are being held across North Texas to celebrate the day slaves in Texas learned they had been freed. The grandmother of Juneteenth
Looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth? Here are events happening around North Texas
CBS News· 2 days agoThe national holiday, observed on June 19, didn't become federally recognized until 2021, when...
