The 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday has been given the keys to her new home. Opal Lee’s new house is built on the same lot in Fort Worth that her family was driven from by a racist mob when Lee was 12. . (AP Video: Kendria LaFleur)
Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot
The 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday has been given the keys to her new home. Opal Lee’s new house is built on the same lot in Fort Worth that her family was driven from by a racist mob when Lee was 12. . (AP Video: Kendria LaFleur)