The story we’ve been told about Juneteenth is wrong

Gideon Resnick· Host0:01

Hi everyone, it's Gideon. Our team is off today for Juneteenth, but we're bringing you something special in place of our usual daily show, a narrated article from Texas Monthly that we're making free for everyone. An award-winning historian and professor takes us back to 1865 to tell the true story of Juneteenth, a story that's been oversimplified over the years, but in reality is much messier and much more inspiring than you might know. Subscribers to Apple News Plus can get narrated articles like this one every day, and your News Plus subscription includes access to over 500 publications, 100,000 recipes, premium local news, exclusive daily puzzles, and so much more. Go to apple.com/news to start your free trial today. Have a great holiday, and we'll be back with the news on Monday.

Dion Graham0:43

The story we've been told about Juneteenth is wrong. The story that most of us have been told about emancipation in Texas is wrong. The real history is much messier and more inspiring. Written by Peniel Joseph for Texas Monthly. Narrated by Dion Graham for Apple News Plus. My first memories of Juneteenth began in church. I grew up in a predominantly Black section of Jamaica in the New York City borough of Queens.