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Identifier
10021607
Description
Opal Lee peruses items donated to the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society. Clipping reads "When Opal Lee retired from Fort Worth schools in 1976, ending a 15-year career in teaching and counseling, she envisioned a life of exotic travel. But her husband, Dale, who retired a year later, 'was a homebody,' Lee said. 'And I decided I didn't just want to sit at home.' Opal Lee has not stayed home. Lee helped start the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society, an archives of Black history on the city's near southside, and she began to develop into a near legendary volunteer in her community. Today her name and that of the historical society's founder, Lenora Rolla, have become almost synonymous with the center, a storehouse of photographs, literature, memorabilia, and other artifacts of Black life. Officially, Lee, 63, is corresponding secretary of the Historical and Genealogical Society, but in reality she is curator, fundraiser, program coordinator, and promoter--duties she shares with Rolla, 86, the center's executive director."
Archival Date
1990-04-16
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-8976 [Frame 9A]
Original Format
Negatives, Color
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
African American educators; Teachers
Names
Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society; Lee, Opal, 1926-
Subjects
African American educators; Teachers