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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee gifted a new home
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 6 days agoWhen Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out...
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot
Arizona Daily Star· 4 days agoWhen Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old...
‘Grandmother Of Juneteenth’ On New Home Built On Land Where Her House Stood 85 Years Ago Before...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCivil rights activist Opal Lee, affectionately known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was 12...
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to get new home where racist mob drove her family away from...
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoLee expects house to be move-in ready by June 19 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Opal Lee was 12, a...
Opal Lee, 97, To Finally Get New Home On Land That White Mob Drove Her Family From 85 Years Ago
Black America Web· 3 days agoOpal Lee was 12 years old when she and her siblings were sent away from their home in Fort Worth,...
85 years after a white mob burned down her childhood home, Opal Lee is moving back.
Axios· 7 days agoOpal Lee was just a girl in 1939, when a white mob burned down her family's home in Fort Worth....
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ taking back land where childhood home was burned by racist mob in 1939
ABC News· 6 days agoOpal Lee was only 12 years old when a racist white mob stormed and set fire to her home on 940 East...