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Opal Lee, driven out of her house nearly 80 years ago, has now been gifted the same plot of land
A 97-year-old Black Texas teacher and iconic figure in the Juneteenth celebration, Opal Lee, has been gifted the plot of land where she was once forced out by a racist mob in 1939. At the age of 12, Lee’s family moved into a Fort Worth house in an all-White neighborhood, but they were driven away…
