Yesterday, people across the country gathered to mark Juneteenth with celebrations and protests.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
Across the country yesterday, people gathered to mark Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in Texas heard that they'd been set free two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.
SIMON: Darrell Tobias joined a rally calling for reparations in New Orleans on Friday.
SIMON: At a gathering in Detroit, Charity Dean, director of the city's Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity department, said Juneteenth is a time to expose how deeply ingrained racism has been in American society.
SIMON: Celebrations and protests continue across the country today.
