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Opal Lee, left, applauds during a ceremony before aising the first wall to her new home on her family's former lot in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Lee, one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, attended a ceremony to watch as the walls are raised on new home. In 1939, a racist mob drove her family out of their home. (Amanda McCoy /Star-Telegram via AP)

85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee’s family away, she’s getting a new home on the same spot

By Jamie Stengle - Associated Press

Daniel Banks, left, and Adam McKinney of DNAWORKS created the 1012 Leadership Coalition, which includes five local organizations, to save the former Ku Klux Klan Hall and transform it into an international center for arts and community healing. (Amanda McCoy/Star-Telegram via AP)

Texas coalition hopes to repurpose, transform old KKK Hall

By LUKE RANKER - Associated Press