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    ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down

    by Alex Woodward Jun 19, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: AP

    A white mob burned down Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas in 1939. She was 12 years old.

    Eighty-five years later, Lee, now 97, got the keys to a new home - at the exact same site.

    The civil rights activist has spearheaded a national campaign for federal recognition of for decades, culminating with a symbolic 1,400-mile march from Fort Worth to Washington, DC, in

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