Texas Woman Reclaims Land 8 Decades After Racist Mob Drove Her Away
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Opal Lee, a retired teacher and community activist, was driven off her land by a racist mob in 1939 when she was 12. More than eight decades later, at the age of 97, she now owns the land again, which was still vacant and owned by the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The CEO of Trinity Habitat for Humanity offered to give her the property and work with donors to put a house on her land for free, with plans to have it ready for her to move in by her 99th birthday.
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