Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has been gifted the land that her family's home sat on 80 years ago before a racist mob damaged their property.
Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has been gifted the land that her family's home sat on 80 years ago before a racist mob damaged their property.
Opal Lee, the 97-year-old civil rights activist who was forced to leave her family’s Texas home 80 years ago when a racist mob damaged the property, has now received the same land as a gift. Lee is receiving the land from Habitat for Humanity, which builds affordable housing in communities across the U.S.