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Opal Lee gets keys to new home on family’s Fort Worth lot
Dallas Morning News· 3 days 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 -...
ABC17 NEWS· 2 days 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· 3 days agoOpal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given...
Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 3 days agoIn Fort Worth, a civil rights icon is finally coming home. Dr. Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
When is Juneteenth? Did the holiday start in Texas? Here’s everything you need to know
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIn 1979, Texas became the first to declare Juneteenth a state holiday. After Fort Worth’s own Opal ...
Here’s what to know, where to go for Opal’s Walk on Juneteenth
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoOpal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, will lead the community on June 19 in her annual 2.5-mile...
Juneteenth legend Opal Lee visits New Jersey
NJ.com· 20 hours agoMiss Opal Lee, often hailed as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” navigated three high steps leading to the stage at the Piscataway Public ...
Opal Lee Now Holds Ownership Of A Texas Property That Was Once Stripped From Her Family By Racist...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 13 hours ago“Just to know that there might be children that we could have played with, that we might have…...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally...