A woman was driven off her land by a racist mob. 8 decades later, she owns it again.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2024
- In 1939, when Opal Lee was just 12, her family moved into a house that stood in an all-White neighborhood. They had lived at the home for just five days when a mob showed up and "tore it asunder." More than eight decades later, she owns the land again. Steve Hartman has her story in "On the Road."
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She had to wait 80 years to get her land back such a shame.
If it was never actually owned by her family, that’s a little different. It wasn’t clear if this was the case. If it was owned by her family, unless her families it or it was foreclosed upon, it still should have been in the family, but I can’t imagine them paying the land the whole time and never lived there longer than a few days.
Waiting 80 years is a shame? How about waiting nearly 600 years and counting, if your native american? Or Till the end of time if you’re a Neanderthal? What amount of time has to pass before you deem it a “shame”?
Incredible
💭 Next learn the Tyree Hunt story ongoing in LA , AR , NC involving Billionaire trucking mogul JB Hunts former heir grandson. After surviving multiple assassination attempts he was forced to forfeit his grandfathers billion dollar estate..
@@Lacroix999Shut up
@@finesupplements9698you can’t live for 600 years don’t make this about you please
Just imagine all the folks that haven't got their land back
True many Southern Whites never got their land and homes back after the Civil War ended.
Facts. Those devils probably did this to distract you from something else evil they did or are about to do
Lll
Notyeeeeet!
Like, the Indians. . .
The amount of land stolen from Black Americans is sickening. Thank U Ms Opal for enduring. Thank u Habitat for Humanity!!
Thank you Lord for helping
Always make sure you accompany your grandparents in case they fall okay. Nobody was helping my grandma out of the car and she fell. Broke her collarbone, and they she passed away. She was healthy in her mind too. She wasn't even senile @88. It's sad. Because if my aunt and her daughter didn't leave her in the car for her to get out by herself, she'd probably still be alive and around 😢
I thank God that my grandmother and her siblings stuck together and kept their land. I'm 53 years old, and the land and homes are still standing. ❤
That's your family?
I'm glad yall were able to, too! Like many, my great grandfather kept a shotgun for the sole purpose of scaring anybody off the property who didn't need to be there... But still somehow eventually lost the farm to the government (all the crops and animals) but still have all the land and houses on it and mostly all descendants agreed on not selling their portion of it to this day ❤ it's a shame with how quickly all the property that's been stolen and burned over the years.... Yet it takes them so long to build her new place on that land... because I've seen entire malls be built in less time. But a win's a win.
This is a great story, but at the same time, it's a sad story because it took her this long to get her land back.
I think about her parents the heart ach. I was evicted and couldn't hardly handle that. They had to of had the deep knowing that these were evil people who would indeed be judged as we often did back then, encourage ourselves in the Lord.
It's a sad story we have heard over n over n still today. It's just being done differently.
What a great story tears in the web of my eyes, I’m at work and don’t want to cry but this is Great💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🏆🏆🏆❤️
Incredible
💭 Next learn the Tyree Hunt story ongoing in LA , AR , NC involving Billionaire trucking mogul JB Hunts former heir grandson. After surviving multiple assassination attempts he was forced to forfeit his grandfathers billion dollar estate..
Exactly… Take note to all the people that don’t agree with reparations… Long overdue.
As much as I'd like this to be a feel good story, its triggering. This not only happened to thousands of black people during Jim Crow, its still happening. Look up Josephine Wrights story. She just passed away, right before she was able to see true justice. Only reason she was helped at all was because her story went viral. Who knows if the stress lead to her death but she spent her final years, months, minutes fighting land developers.
THE TRUTH!!
It’s horrible. The atrocities to Democrats perpetrated isn’t it?
@@kennyphelps1160 This is not a democrat vs republicans thing…. This is an American thing! When it comes to being black in America democrat & republicans are the same. And stop using our pain and disenfranchisement as a political arguments! It’s disturbing.
No! She fought so hard! The Developers took away her peace of mind! May Mrs. WRIGHT rest in peace!
this sort of thing is deeper than race, but here in America, race was a major factor. I think people use similar experience, that happen to non blacks, as a way to slight the racism black people went through. the resiliency of black americans is note worthy. because most of their battles were won vs the most powerful government in the world
When I was young, an African American family moved in my granny’s neighborhood. I became friends with the daughter. It was mom, dad, her and brother. We enjoyed each other’s company and had fun together. One day I walked down to their house and seen a burned up cross in the yard, and grass burned. They were not there. I never seen her again. I was so sad. That was my first experience with racism. It happened in Davie, Florida. 💔😢🙏
See how you lived compared to her. You people are the reason for our issues in the world
@@Mythoatissodry You have a lot to learn about the past, history and life. Spread peace not negativity. ☮️🙏
Thank you for sharing. Thats an awful memory
@@Mythoatissodryyou act like she/he did it. Why are you blaming someone innocent for the actions of others? Its good & bad in every race. Thats like her blaming you because of gang violence due to some of our people participating in. Let’s be rational here.
@@Mythoatissodrywhy are you attacking her for sharing her story. She didn't do that stuff
Now, I got a little perturbed with her stepping out of that 4X4 and no one helped her down.
This story is good, it would be great if these things never happened.
It’s pure wickedness how people was allowed to do that and get away with it. Kudos to the gentlemen for being kind hearted to do as he’s doing for her. It’s a wonder she lived to see it returned.
I thought the same thing, then thought that she probably insisted.
I guarantee you she told them she didn’t need help. IFYKYK 😂🖤🙏🏾
Who allowed it to happen?
Yeah someone probably was going to help her down, but she probably said, " I got this let me do it!" 😂❤
She wanted to do this on her own.
This is so comforting. My family had land stolen from them in Pine Bluff Arkansas. The land was deeded to the white men who terrorized my grandparents. It's nice to see some folks are getting back what their families worked so hard for!
This was sad. There a MILLION more stories like hers. Those devils probably did this to distract you from something else evil they did or are about to do I don't buy people being suddenly nice to black people
Happened all over the country.
@@user-ud4nr3pb7i
Because they're black? Or because someone else is something?
@@GLITTERandSKULLZand it needs to stop
@@ScreamTatumRiley it has stopped lol
For the people who deny racism exists because it makes them uncomfortable. A lot has changed but a lot has remained the same.
“It’s heritage not hatred.”
And people accuse you of "making it about race" when.... It's literally about race.
@@thelaxlair6727They gaslight as to not own up to who they, inherently, are.
Racism exists in every race, even victims of racism have racists in their race.
Do you deny hatred towards white people exists?
This warmed my heart❤. This young is in her 90’s. Beautiful skin and so vibrant. Bless her and may God grant her more years❤️
Y'all heard what she said!! "He gonna have to catch me!!" I love it😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
The amount of Black American families that have similar stories is astounding. But we constantly get gaslit that by speaking up we’re playing victims 🤦🏾♀️. We ran to the north and other places from white terrorism NOT voluntarily migration. And the years of lost equity and wealth and poverty we experience today is a direct result of that. Even if someone wants to be obtuse and pretend white privilege doesn’t exist--the ability to not be terrorized in every area of life and attempts to better your quality of life for centuries based on being black says otherwise.
You know nothing about my "white" ancestors. NOTHING. While slavery was in the West, my ancestors were enslaved and genocided in the East. Today, the killing fields are still being filled with rivers of blood. Its a crime to speak freely.
PREACH👍🏾
Could not have said it better myself.
That part!! This comment should be pinned and viral on every single post, news story, political commentary, etc
I wonder if he REALLY going to let her pass that house down.😮😮😮 It's not she's a young woman who can live in the house for decades and has a young person's stimina to battle in court for the house.
any time you think racism and discrimination was "a long time ago" remember women like her and how many people Exist at ber current age.
But you seem to ignore that racism is alive on BOTH sides look at all of the professors teaching White guilt ibram x, Claudine gay, Sherita Hill Golden etc etc.
@@karensback What white guilt? And how come yall aint experience it learning about the atrocities some of yall ancestors did during the crusades? Plenty of Germans here, yet they dont rally against the Holocaust museums and lessons saying yall trying to make us feel guilty. Get outta here
@@karensback
Guilt is human emotion not a racist act.
You confederates and supremacists are something else 🤨
This is true. They came for my great-grandfather’s 100 acres in Savanna Ga back in the late 1800s. Story goes he had to “pass” in order to keep it. We still own the property today.
@karensback your folks created racism, your ancestors came here and the natives opened their villages and helped them survive only to be victims of slavery and genocide....stop the madness
This was a heartfelt and warm story. I'm so happy everything turned out for you. God bless you Miss Opal Lee! God might not be as quick as we would like, but His timing is perfect! God bless this CEO who gave back what was rightfully hers. Amen! God is good~
Wow, 97 years old Opal Lee is expected to wait 2 years to the age of 99 to get home back and partial justice. Opal Lee, you are the goodness an exemplary human being.
This is a beautiful story that should be receiving more recognition yet barely any views and comments. Why?? Whenever the truth is shared and Black people are humanized and its positive barely any views or comments. Had it been a negative depiction of someone Black, views off the charts and comments to match. I pray she lives a few more healthy years so she can finally enjoy her home.
Agree full heartedly!!!.
Relax, she's big here in Fort Worth! And she is loved and appreciated by many! She's just like in this video too! ❤❤❤
Yeah her last days this is negative it took 80 years to get something stolen from her with no consequences if this was about a white woman it would have never happened.
@@Signme0011kinda hard to relax on stories like this one. Especially when racism in this country continues.🤷🏽
@@TheBlackSongBird listen, there is no Country in this world better than the United States even with its flaws. There's no better country in this world for black and brown People to become successful and have opportunities than right here. Racism is not against just one color. I can't walk into east Compton at 11:00 o'clock at night safely without being harassed or beaten and robbed. Instead of staying divided? We should be celebrating how far we have come. And we certainly have. And we still have a long way to go. Politicians and media want us divided as a nation because it garners votes.. We all have alot to be thankful for. Or we can all be angry and let politicians tell us we're victims and only they can help! There the problem! Thank you so much for conversing with me. If we're talking? We aren't fighting and that's how change happens.. When we can talk! 💯 💯 🙏
97 years old and went through that kinda hell? 💖💖💖 Bless you Mama!
And her MIND is in tact, voice and diction clear. ❤🎉
I want to live this long. Sound, mind and body. Bless You Miss Opal. ❤
Hallelujah glory be to God
This is a beautiful and inspiring story of resilience, strength, and perseverance. If ever there were a poster child for encouragement, this lovely American senior has my vote. I pray God will continue to shine his light on Ms. Opal Lee❤
This story makes me cry. This story is touching.
J Edgar Hoover was one of the most dangerous Americans to ever walk on American soil.
Second under trump....
I absolutely agree with both of you!
Facts
@@dharter100LOL nice one 🤙
@@dharter100I hope you’re just being sarcastic! 👀
So many more families sadly suffered the same fate. But, The Most High will always leave a witness.
Not true at all. Those devil probably did this to distract you from something else evil they did or are about to do
@@user-ud4nr3pb7i Stop it because in Isaiah 54:17 God said "No weapons formed against us shall prosper." In addition, God reminds us that in Romans 12:19-21 not to take revenge, but rather give room for him to make it right. He states "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."
@@WilliamsdocAmen 🙏
Very glad to see things put right as best they can for Ms Opal
Thank you Gage for correcting a wrong and making it right. It shows people with humanity and decency are still in this world ❤
She cracks me up. Getting out of that huge truck all slow-like, then as soon as she's got two feet planted, she's ready to hustle...where do we go from here??? I nearly fell out of my seat.
😊😁
What an awesome story!! It made me cry, but I'm so glad she was able to get her property and soon to be built house rightfully back. Thank you Habitat for doing the right thing and giving her house back and for being so generous and for offering to build her a new, beautiful house.. Her future house looks gorgeous. Opal is amazing and has great spirit.
A 'heartwarming' story. It still leaves me chilly for some reason. 'Oh there was an injustice? Lets remedy that by giving you a consolation gift right before you die'
Thought the same.
This is Awesome. So love this story. I also love the fact that no matter what she had been through in her life, stuff that most of us could only imagine. May the Lord keep blessing this woman.
“We dont have to sit and wait for the Lord to take us…He’s gonna have to catch us…” them words right there…❤❤❤❤ God bless this wonderful lady. Damn she must have some stories to tell. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Hope she will live on a few more years to enjoy that house. Thank you those who helped achieve this.
I’m so happy to see this comment bc yes ma’am !!
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She has gone through a great trial I love her devotion
What an uplifting story. So is Opal! God watches over you Ms. Lee. You've reclaimed what was yours and able to testify about it. You're blessed! Great story.
God bless you for story and I as A Young Black Woman Of this Time thank you so for the struggle. I in my age now know what real value means.❤........
See how she is still alive. This is to the “slavery was so long ago crowd”. It may have been but racism is alive and well to this day
True racism is alive and well ,But it's against the Whites.
Yeah they love that line
Only GOD can say when it is your time to go, and when she do leave this life, she will have the most beautiful mansion, that will make every house on the planet look like a shack, if she so desire.
I can't believe she is 97! She looks and walks like someone decades younger
Indeed, and today it is mostly anti- white racism.
This is the part of American history the right wing is so hellbent and determined to rewrite. Opal Lee, you are a BEAUTIFUL woman. You are a strong, trailblazing woman. Who dealt with the ugliest parts of our country, and still managed to thrive and come out on top of it all. Women like Opal are the reason we cannot ever let our history be rewritten by those who have an agenda. This is one of those beautiful, full circle moments. Not to mention, Opal looks INCREDIBLE for 98. Holy crap. I pray to god I’m still as active and cognitively available as she is at that age. What an inspiration.
Happened in a democratic state! Please stop blaming Republicans for white Democrats racism!
Shouldn't we not be tearing down statues and monuments then???
@@catwoman2596 Aren't the statues and monuments that you are referring to, symbols of the racist White people who originally stole the land from them and murdered African-Americans?
@@catwoman2596How's tearing down statues change what's taught about its history?
Both republicans & democrats ignore the millions of crimes committed against American Descendants of US 🇺🇲 Chattel Slavery. Both and other political parties are anti-Black & against the reparations that are owed.
I like this story. I wish I could also see some compensation to the families that lost their properties on "Black Wall Street" in Oklahoma.
"they tore it asunder"
man I love old people, I could listen to their old-school diction and wisdom all day
Truths be told I'm sure. Miss OPAL HAS LIFE'S JOURNEY STORIES TO BE TOLD WORTHHY OF HER BOOK TO BE WRITTEN AS MANY OF US DO🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
This is awesome. The land can now be passed on to generations to come. Imagine how many people this happened too and they never were able to get their land back. Land that could’ve been passed down to generations….
Native Indians whose land was stolen when America was "discovered" they were the original victims.
@@TT-xj3siChristians owe everyone reparations
She is the REAL AMERICAN/ NOT NATIVE
@@TT-xj3siTrue. It is a horrific outcome for the Indigenous Tribes of these unceded lands as well as the enslaved Africans and descendants who have are STILL enduring systemic (& non-overt) racist policies and treatment.
It was unclear if her family actually owned the land.
She's incredible, and it's horrific how she, her family and others were treated. I'm glad he did the right thing and gave her the property, he really showed up. I hope she loves every minute of her home, she always should have been allowed to.
Beautiful story. Let's get these 'likes' up over 1 million! Thank you Miss Opal and thank you Habitat for Humanity!
What a beautiful inspiring story.
My father with his mother and siblings were bulldozed off their farm in Constantia. Cape Town. South Africa.
That was apartheid.
After 60 years the land still vacant.
We received our land back.
Generations has passed.
Our fathers and family could not witness this historical event.
But we will keep on relating to our children and future families to never ever give up hope.
Thank you.
Opal has lived long enough to see Juneteenth be made official nationally, and to see what real estate was her family's come back to her. Now she needs to live long enough to see the home finished there, and for the Juneteenth Museum be completed and open. Opal, may you live even longer!
🎉Cheers!!🎉
Yet so many racists are saying Juneteenth isn't necessary, its stupid etc. Also notice this video doesn't have many views or comments. This is a beautiful story and deserves recognition. If it was some negative nonsense about Black people views would be off the charts with comments to match.
Amen AMEN AMEN AGAIN ❤️🙏🏿
May God grant her the opportunity to spend a few relaxing years in her new house and garden.
Thanks to Humanity for returning the land to her and offering to build a modern home.
The powers that be, are glad to give you a holiday, and a street name, yet no reparations
WOW... It's nice to match the one Behind the mkn of juneteeth..
Wow, 97 years old! Such a beautiful story.
Wow to you
Yes, and the family must have been in fear back in the 30s
This story brings tears to my eyes. This beautiful woman deserves this and so much more. God bless her. 🙏🏻
Thanks for the video. I finally established a way to increase my net income per month. My 2024 goal is to pay off the house by Sept 2024 (8 years total into a 30 year @ 4%). I have no debt other than mortgage. My
401k, HSA, IRA and emergency funds get maxed out. The mortgage is my last piece of debt left. I don't have any school loan or CC debt. I've made a lot of sacrifices over the years. I'm almost at the debt free finish line.
Congratulations on taking the steps necessary to get yourself out of the financial bind you were in.
Facing your medicine can be difficult. However, with commitment, you'll ultimately reach a highly satisfying place. It's all about the actions you're willing to take.
Your financial journey is truly inspiring, and I'm currently striving to achieve the goals you've reached. Could you please share some tips to help others learn and navigate their own paths to financial success? Your insights would be invaluable.
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This great nation shouldn't ignore the past. It's important to educate and learn from so the past will never repeat.
Yeah they should know the real history of how bad Whites were treated and still are.
This will never be a great place until everyone is equal. This was sad. There a MILLION more stories like hers. Those devils probably did this to distract you from something else evil they did or are about to do I don't buy people being suddenly nice to black people
Great Nation, huh, surely you jest!!
It won't be "great" until it returns the stolen fruit of its stolen labor.
It is being repeated today. Its the NWO agenda to enslave what is left after depopulation.
What a wonderful lady! Pray she lives long enough to live in her home!
I am happy for her. Ive never had a home in my life but am grateful for those who do. Be careful what you take for granted.
Overcoming adversity, what a story,! Live it!
This is such a beautiful story of restoration however this sort of thing happened often and most families never received their land, property, or house back. I’m glad Ms. Opal’s story has a happy ending though.
What a remarkable story. Times have changed and Ms. Lee definitely deserves the good that has gone her way. Also, kudos to Habitat for Humanity for stepping up and helping her out.
Right
Times have not completely changed. This is just one of the thousands probably millions of homes that were stolen....
@@hopedash5372 right
They’re still being defrauded of the full value of their homes by appraisers.
Times have changed to a certain extent. But if you research redlining you will see that these injustices are still very prevalent just not done as openly now.
This warms my heart!! I absolutely love this story! Yes there are still good people here on earth. Opal, may God bless you. You look amazingly stunning for your age also!! ❤❤
80 fucn years later to give someone back something that was theirs to begin with!!!!! We are a very sick society!!! I hope
And pray it stays in her family because sadly she will
Only be able to enjoy it for a short time! Good work to Habitat for Humanity 💖✨
But the Lord will have the final say.
I loved this story from my toes to the top of my head. It's beautiful when a huge wrong is made right.... Especially eight decades later. What a beautiful woman with a beautiful message of God's love for the world!
A true story of inspiration and perseverance: In spite of all of Opal Lee's trials and tribulations, at the age of 97, she never lost faith in her God nor forsook her country.
And NEVER HELD A GRUDGE.
And it’s ALSO a story of hatred and INJUSTICE what that community did to her family 8 Decades ago.
Two sides of the same coin.
@@galaxylucia1898 Sure it is. We're not leaving that out. My focus is on HOW SHE DID NOT HOLD HATRED AGAINST THEM FOR 80 YEARS!
Even if she doesn’t move in, there now something there for her family for the legacy to live on. Amazing.
😢This is a beautiful story !! There are good people in the world !! In America!! I’m so happy that Ms. Opal received more blessings as she is now in her 90’s !! Thank God !🙏🏽❤️✨✨✨
She looks good for her age and is in good health and mind GOD bless her
This brought tears to my eyes. So much injustice resulting in so much compassion and love. I’m just sorry it took 80 years, but I’m glad she got what was rightfully hers.
It is absolutely ridiculous that it took eight decades to get her property back. Smh. I’m happy and sad at the same time.
Thank Goodness they came through for her. You hang on Mrs. Opal, I am so sorry for the hateful experiences she and others have endured it's heartbreaking. Mrs. Opal is a fighter and an unstoppable force for justice and civil rights; a true hero! I send prayers and love to her. 💝
She's so adorable!😍
I'm so glad that she got closure to that tragic event in her young life! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽
What a woman, what a soul, what a legacy….I think she will get her request for more years and I hope she leaves a clear will for the land and house!
Good for this lady! This is the type of positive news I like to hear. Someone's life changing for the good!❤
What a blessing for Opal! Gage Jager Thank you for being a good and kind human! You are righting a wrong that others did to Opal and get family
Who gave/sold it to "habitat for humanity" ?
The city is guilty of habouring the crime and the perputraters!!!
It's Fort Worth, Texas. How many people of that mob of 500 still have ancestors in Texas and the United States, do you think? How many current racist politicians do you think had racist descendants who lynched or stole property from African-Americans? How many racist ancestors in America had progeny who are alive today?
This is the kind of stuff White America does not want people to know. It's so comforting to hear that she is getting her land back and a new house built on it.
Wasn’t it a white guy who interviewed Opal, brought the story to a national news outlet? 🤔
@@adjohnson9897 yeah but that doesn’t change history
@@gondar6181Wasn't it white people who fought to end slavery? Do you need a breakdown of the racial makeup of the Northern and Southern armies? I'm sure you're right though. Any Northern army soldiers that died in a ditch at Gettysburg were just doing it for the clout right?
Dude, lumping people together based on skin color (or any other non-character trait)... what's that called? Not judging, just trying to show you yourself a little right now. I, for one, am a good ole American mutt and certainly do not wish to be judged and treated harshly according to the shade of my skin.❤😊
@@nickbodenschatz1018 That's great to hear because you're also now judged on your secksewaliteh and disabilities
Thank you everyone for helping this senior citizen.👏🏽👏🏽 God has blessed you!
The beginning of the story is sickening, but the end is comforting; it's interesting that she got back the space.
Now, I hope, they don’t take opal land and house again once she’s gone. Let her descendants have it without crazy taxes.
what a amazing woman. Thankful for her contributions to the world, her love for people, and her efforts to get them recognized on Juneteenth, a national holiday, thanks to her efforts. Hallelujah I praise God for her! So happy she is getting land and brand new home. What a blessing, what a gracious God. Thank You Lord, amen!
This should have never happened to her. But I am so glad that things worked out for her.
What a wonderful story! There is kindness in this rotten world! Thank God for Habitat for Humanity!
I never would’ve guessed she was 97 years old. She looks good.
That man from Habitat for humanity takes up after his founder, Jimmy Carter. Respect to Opel Lee, CEO Gauge Yeager and President Jimmy Carter.
Those devils probably did this to distract you from something else evil they did or are about to do
*Gage Yager
The founder of Habitat for Humanity is a farmer named Clarence Jordan, with co-founders, Millard and Linda Fuller. Not Jimmy Carter.🤗 His charity (The Carter Work Project) only partnered with Habitat.
Also, there are many CEO's for the different chapters/regions.
That was an amazing story. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us. We see so much chaotic news but this was much appreciated
This is not a feel good story. It's a story of survival and retribution. But it is not feel good. She has more strength in her pinki than most of the generations behind her. Thank you for not always covering the really sweet stories. Sometimes life is bitter sweet, this is one of those times. I am thankful that that gentleman and whomever else was part of the decision gave it back to her at the proper cost. As well as giving her a home.... I can't wait to see the update with her beautiful home. I hope she lives to 110.❤
So glade that she got her house back, but I wish she got it back earlier. 😢
And I pray that she lives a long and happy life.
Imagine just trying to live. And a mob of people run you out. That's so sad! MS. Opal don't look like she would hurt a fly. I'm glad she still living to tell her story. And I glad she gets her childhood home back. That's history.
Teacher your a gift and a treasure, you deserve it, May you be here as long as you want with the Lords mercy and grace, lovey lady.
Where is ANYONE TO EVEN GIVE THIS 97 Yr old WOMAN a hand out of the truck... Even this news anchor and camera Males are despicable, for not offering a hand. Steve Hartman, had this been your Mother at the age of 97, would you have watched her CLIMB OUT OF A TRUCK??? SHAMEFUL
It is so nice to hear about good, honest people doing beautiful things! This is just the story we need.
When they took their home and destroyed everything they lit a fire in the heart and belly of Miss Opal as that young 12 year old. Im so glad they are now giving her the land and building her a new home there. This is the kind of ending I love to see that brings healing and justice back to Miss Opal. May God bless and keep her always❤❤❤
What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing this.
What a great story! I hate it took so long to get it back! May God grant her the years to see her house!
I just love Miss Opal! She is an inspiration to all of us. Blessings to her! 😊
This is wonderful. Thank you to everyone who listened and helped her.
Beautiful and I pray she gets many more years and she got so much spirit she may out live many of us wonderful ❤
Oh Opal, what a story what a life! Bless her sweet heart ❤️
Why two years to complete the house? Considering her age, one would think they could speed things up a little.
This is why reparations is important. These people contributed so much to America. Their ancestors put so much work in to building and growing the economy. These people need their own and we must respect that. I am Irish and my people had a hard time but with the help of them, I am living easier and have assets due to their sacrifices.
Your family was many steps ahead of black families in that your people came to America free but as to blacks relative to us we were enslaved
@@Druscilla-io6bo Did you read what I wrote ?
Someone should always help her in and out of the truck.
She might have refused the help and wanted to do it herself 😄
@@risemahadevaExactly. Sometimes they want to be independent. You have to leave them to do the things that they can still do by themselves. She was doing okay coming down by herself. Just slow and taking her time.
Wow, 97 and getting around like that is amazing. Glad she got her property back
She is a delight!
Mighty Queen Mother 👑 Congratulations 👏🏾✊🏾💪🏾!!!! Its was such an honor meeting you, a blessing to learn from you, and to observe what an real activist looks like. Peace and life abundantly 🙏🏾.
🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️ that’s powerful and blessed. The man that helped her he’s a blessed man.🥰🥰🥰🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Oh Bless her! She looks fabulous for her 97 years! ❤
I’m overwhelmed by Opal Lee’s story and I’m thankful for habitat to do what’s right what’s just and fair i’m saddened and happy at the same time. Praise God for revealing things that are hidden that will come to the light and that takes action on our part as well. As a matter fact, we definitely have to be careful with paying our taxes on our property, my daughter had an incident where they had the wrong address and that happened twice and when she went down there, she had to pay her taxes and they act like it was her fault of sort, but in fact, the first time she straightened that out and it still happened so we have to be very careful. Love you, TH-cam family❤
Of course this wouldn't get a lot of likes nor views, but bless you, Miss Opal! You are a stalwart! And, Mr. Yager/Habitat for Humanity, you are to be applauded one hundredfold!👏🏽👏🏽💯🌹🙏🏽❤️
This was so sweet❤THERE IS A GOD ABOVE❤NICE STORY, SO HAPPY FOR HER AND HOPE SHE LIVE MORE LONGER YEARS TOO COME❤
Good for Opal, she deserves to have her house given back to her. Sad it took so long to happen. Opal, i hope you get at least another 10 years to enjoy it. Bless you.❤