Opal Lee smiles while sitting on the porch of her new house in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. Habitat for Humanity built Lee the home on the same lot where as a child a white mob ...

A racist mob burned down Opal Lee's family home in 1939; recently, Habitat for Humanity helped build the activist a new home on the same site Dia Dipasupil/Getty This year, Juneteenth is even more ...

More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas, but the 97-year-old said she still remembers the White crowd that forced her family out ...

Opal Lee, the 97-year-old “ grandmother of Juneteenth,” is getting a new home on the exact spot where a racist white mob trashed her family’s house more than 80 years ago. On Thursday ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on ...

Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to receive eighth honorary doctorate for unwavering commitment to civil rights In 2016, Lee — then 89 — traveled 1,400 miles in a symbolic walk from ...

Opal Lee, the 98-year-old "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not physically lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth due to recent health issues, though the community is still urged to ...

Opal Lee stands next to “The Journey to Freedom” sculpture by Wesley Wofford at the Kerr Community Center in Bastrop on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.© Terry Hagerty, Special to American-Statesman ...

Days after a winter storm put Texas at a standstill and her home’s water pipes burst, Opal Lee headed to the nation’s capital. Her years-long push to get Juneteenth recognized nationwide had ...

When she turned 89, Opal Lee decided she hadn’t done enough. It was a surprising conclusion coming from a woman who had worked herself through college raising four children in 1950s Texas.

People gather outside Opal Lee's new house in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 14, 2024. Habitat for Humanity built Lee the home on the same lot where, as a child, a white mob destroyed her family ...