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This is how much it cost Opal Lee to move back to the site of her Fort Worth childhood home

This is how much it cost Opal Lee to move back to the site of her Fort Worth childhood home

This Juneteenth was profoundly meaningful for Opal Lee, the revered “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” At 97, she was presented with the keys to a brand-new home last week, constructed on the same Fort Worth, Texas, land where a racist mob burned down her family’s house over 80 years ago. Lee’s new home, built by History Maker…

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