Opal Lee Gets Keys to Her New Texas Home 85 Years After a Racist Mob Drove Her Family From That Lot FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth ...

Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, saw her brand new home on Annie Street for ... fixtures and lighting for her home. Texas Capital also provided a grant to allow her to furnish ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Opal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday ... a small anthurium plant. Texas Capital Bank donated the furniture for the home, including a framed ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — 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 ...

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 ... at no cost to Lee while Texas Capital, a financial services ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old known as the “grandmother” of Juneteenth was presented with the keys to ...