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The house is expected to be move-in ready by Juneteenth — the holiday marking the end of slavery in the U.S. that means so much to Lee.
The house is expected to be move-in ready by June 19, which is the 85th anniversary of the day a mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, began gathering outside the home her parents had just bought.
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When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home
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When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home
When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on the very same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth.