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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

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

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.

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