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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...