On today’s show, we told the history of Juneteenth, a 155-year-old story of joy and pain, celebration and setbacks, that have lived side by side for black Americans since the day that a Union soldier walked into Galveston, Texas, and declared that the enslaved people there were emancipated.
It’s a rich and complicated history that the producers and editors on the team felt was not well enough understood. Typically, we tell stories through Times reporters or newsmakers.