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 gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot. Lee has become known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” after leading the push to make ...

Opal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair on the front porch.. The Grandmother of Juneteenth — who lost her house on the same lot to ...

Opal Lee sits in a rocking chair while waiting to give interviews on the porch of her new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. Habitat for Humanity built Lee the home on the same lot ...

The Texas 97-year-old known as the “grandmother” of Juneteenth was presented with the keys to her new home, built on the same lot that her parents bought 85 years ago, only to be driven out of ...