Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Ms. Opal Lee, often called the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” spent decades advocating for national recognition of the holiday—and in 2021, her dream became law.

The 97-year-old was handed the keys to her newly constructed house last week, built on the very land where her family’s home in Fort Worth, Texas, was burned down by a racist mob over 80 years ago.

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Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Opal Lee has received keys to a new house built on the site of her childhood home 85 years after her family was driven out by an angry mob.

Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.

Opal Lee, 97, is celebrating a new victory: receiving the keys to a new home built on the site of her childhood home that was burned to the ground by a racist mob on June 19, 1939.