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Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...
New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research
New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...
Axios on MSN8d
After being part of racist experimentation, 19 New Orleanians' remains return home
Remains from 19 people whose craniums were shipped to Germany for racist pseudoscientific experimentation in the 19th century ...
Skulls Of 19 Black Americans Once Used In Racist Research Finally Laid To Rest In New Orleans
More than 150 years after their deaths, the individuals were honored with a multifaith memorial and jazz funeral — bringing ...
The Westside Gazette2d
Stolen, Returned, Remembered: 19 Black Americans Reburied in New Orleans
In a moving display of remembrance and restoration, Dillard University, the City of New Orleans, and University Medical ...
Rolling Out4d
New Orleans embraces healing ritual for wronged ancestors
New Orleans honored 19 African American individuals with jazz funeral ceremony after their remains were repatriated from ...
New Orleans Jazz Funeral honors 19 victims of 1800s racist study of Black skulls in Germany
In the 1800s, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black residents to Leipzig, Germany, where researchers engaged in ...
The Washington Post7d
New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans celebrated ... for racist research practices in the 19th century. On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service including a jazz funeral, one of the city’s most distinct ...