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 ...

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 ... of trying to get the lot back.

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 ...