Opal Lee gifted back childhood Texas home her family was forced out of nearly 80 years ago

On June 19, 1939 - Juneteenth - then 12-year-old Opal Flake witnessed the viciousness of racial hate firsthand.

[@galejohnson5696]

Miss Opal’s life is truly inspirational!

[@DLewis-kt9ok]

I’m glad this is happening although “gifting back” isn’t what I would choose to call it; it was hers to begin with.

[@maryann5413]

I am happy for you Opal. I hope you have MANY good moments in your new house.

[@MEZTLI2023]

Is going to be the most beautiful home in the entire town. 🥰🏡

[@holliedtown]

Same thing with my family. The Howell family from Smith county forced off our land hundreds of acres during the oil boom in around 1920. Still fighting

[@GeorgiaWhisper]

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!!! DO NOT GIVE UP. I HOPE TO SEE YOUR FAMILY'S NAME IN BOLD PRINT THAT YOU HAVE GAINED YOUR LAND BACK❤😊

[@jyvonne2051]

Ms. Opal Lee ....you are a treasure!! You let us know age is just a number and does not define what we are able to accomplish with Faith and never give up!! Thank you Ms. Lee, may you be richly, aboundantly, over the top Blessed as only God can do it!!!

[@tj6742]

The Sadness of what happened brought tears to my eyes .. The positivity & kindness from T H for Humility also brought tears to my eyes 😢

[@davidwillis9037]

So many this has happened to she is not the only one but I'm am happy for her. At 97

[@myrnafernandez1835]

❤ God is so good yes amen 🙏

[@michaelmcdougall7367]

Imagine how many people this happened to during jim crow.

[@nitajean9885]

thank you

[@normalamboy8300]

GOOD Day Ms. OPAL. I PRAY YOU GET TO LIVE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. GOD BLESS YOU. SIS IN CHRIST.❤

[@mybit7470]

This is wonderful news! Yes, humanity still exist.

[@yolandaconway2418]

God is good all the time.Aman😊

[@therealman-uf4wf]

In 1939 a Mob of racists burned down Opal Lee family's home & took the land in Fort Worth, Texas. Eight decades later in 2024, she got back her family land.

[@kymmazelle8424]

Amen! 🙏🏾

[@teresasmith4145]

Bravo❤

[@Iammiyajay]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@teresasmith4145]

😢❤

[@marvinwilson4780]

Why didn't the state give her the land back. Think about all those how are dead that experience the same thing an their white kids are living on stolen land. 😢

[@MarioMaclin-vx9rs]

My little brother magno what's up baby😅

[@therealman-uf4wf]

AND AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN GRAET ONCE LIKE MAGA CLAIM PS: I am not an American.

[@c.rutherford]

Well that happened 80 years ago. Somebody was robbed by a black person today. Can we have balance with our media race stoking?

[@publichealth9470]

The blacks were brutalised for 400 years. Maybe you've to endure that long before asking for fairness.

[@c.rutherford]

@@publichealth9470 the usual extremely racist response 🙄

[@c.rutherford]

^^ racism endorsed by KZbin of course

[@c.rutherford]

OK I'm game. So I am "The Whites"? Then My people have been suffering longer than your people. Us whites were enslaved in Egypt for instance. There was slavery in the first civilizations of Mesopotamia. I've been brutalized for 10,000 years! Wheres my Reparations. Oh wait.... lets see if KZbin hides my comment. Because they endorse and support racism and division, and hide any argument against it. Their selection in what comments they allow to show prove that every day.

[@c.rutherford]

@@publichealth9470 HOW ABOUT LETTING ME REPLY KZbin, OR ARE YOU AFRAID TO LET ME SPEAK? WHY DID YOU REMOVE MY REPLY. IT WAS CONSIDERATE, LOGICAL, AND TRUE