Opal Lee, the 97-year-old civil rights icon known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' has received the keys to her new home in Fort Worth, Texas. This home is built on the same tree-lined corner lot where her childhood home once stood before it was burned down by a racist mob on June 19, 1939, when she was just 12 years old. The event marks 85 years since her family was driven out of their neighborhood by hundreds of white rioters. Lee, who played a significant role in making Juneteenth a national holiday, sees this new home as a symbol of community and resilience. She received the keys on Friday and is celebrating this new victory.
97-year-old Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” received the keys to her new home which was built on the same lot that her family was driven from by a racist mob when she was 12-years-old https://t.co/GFJVpexun9
Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939. https://t.co/zAjBTAInMY
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas https://t.co/GbtMkoyUh8 https://t.co/aBWhdSyPhY
97-year-old Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” received the keys to her new home, built on the same lot that her family was driven from by a racist mob when she was 12 https://t.co/bi5mSLFOeC https://t.co/uKREpCBwfh
The home that Opal Lee lived in as a child was burned down on June 19, 1939, when hundreds of white rioters gathered to harass, vandalize, and run her family out of the Fort Worth neighborhood. "The Grandmother of Juneteenth" is now moving back home. https://t.co/xpelQmCWiA https://t.co/rDqX7UBPzb
Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on the same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth that her family was driven from by a racist mob when she was 12. https://t.co/5KDObLWrAj
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Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/c9xnSpUSLR
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Opal Lee gifted back childhood Texas home her family was forced out of by racist mob nearly 80 years ago https://t.co/PhUvu9O3Dq
Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth https://t.co/nqLbrLnsfN
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee gets new Texas home 85 years after family was driven out by racist mob https://t.co/ugz0ie0xzW
85 years ago, a racist mob targeted Opal Lee’s home. Her new home is a symbol of community https://t.co/UdrlLipa9I