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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 ...
Confronting the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans
There's an ongoing attempt to erase knowledge of these atrocities and pretend as if they were just figments of Black folks’ ...
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Skulls of Black New Orleanians, denied burial, were sent to Germany for research. They'll now be laid to rest
More than a century ago, the skulls of 19 African Americans who lived and died in New Orleans were collected and sent to ...
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 ...
New signs honoring history at Austin's first black cemetery unveiled
AUSTIN, Texas — New signs were unveiled at Bethany Cemetery in East Austin Saturday, honoring its significance as the city's ...
Graves at historic Black cemetery covered by grass, debris, families say
Families and residents are voicing their frustrations with the lack of upkeep at one of the first Black cemeteries in Northern Kentucky. Grass-covered markers and trash-lined trees have led to ...