FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on the same tree ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home ... of trying to get the lot back.

Opal Lee, center, reacts after Nelson Mitchell presented her with keys for her new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday ... she began thinking of trying to get the lot back. After learning that ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old known as the “grandmother” of Juneteenth was presented with the keys to ...

Credit: AP/LM Otero Lee has said it wasn't something she dwelled on either, but in recent years she began thinking of trying to get ... Opal Lee, center, with keys for her new home in Fort Worth ...

The Texas 97-year-old known as the “grandmother” of Juneteenth was presented with the keys to her new home, built on the same lot that her parents bought 85 years ago, only to be driven out of ...