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Decades after a mob destroyed her house, Opal Lee is returning home

When she was just 12, Opal Lee experienced a horrifying scene after her family moved into an all-white neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas; a mob destroyed their home. Now 97, Lee – a retired teacher and community activist who is best known for her successful campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday – decided to look up the owners of the property where her family home once stood. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports on what Lee discovered. Source

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Greta Lee on how “Past Lives” changed her life

In the acclaimed romantic drama “Past Lives,” Greta Lee stars as Nora, a Korean-born playwright living in New York who reunites with her Korean childhood crush. Lee, a Golden Globe-nominee for her performance, talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about her stage and TV roles playing women outside of the box; and how her latest film has brought her into awards contention. Source

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Kate Cox on her legal fight for an abortion in Texas

Last August, tests revealed that Kate Cox, a mother of two in Texas, was pregnant with a child that had Trisomy 18, a genetic condition that causes severe developmental problems. According to Cox’s doctors, the prognosis for the baby was death before or shortly after birth, and Cox’s future fertility was at risk. She sued to receive an abortion under Texas law which bans the procedure in nearly all cases, but found herself caught in a legal battle with the state’s attorney general. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Kate Cox, her husband Justin and with their lawyer, Molly Duane, about the court decisions that forced Cox to leave Texas for the medical procedure. Source

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