Opal Lee, The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Will Get Her Family Home Back

If ribbon cuttings are for “wimps,” as said Thursday morning, then the board sawing was very appropriate for Opal Lee, the honoree of a Fort Worth wall-raising ceremony. One of Fort Worth’s favorite daughters and the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” Lee used a power saw to cut the 2-by-6 symbolic board for her new house at … Continue reading Opal Lee, The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Will Get Her Family Home Back