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Skulls of 19 Black people returned to New Orleans after 150 years
After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...
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 ...
Remains of 19 Black Americans returned to New Orleans nearly 150 years later
A New Orleans committee announced the remains of 19 Black Americans whose skulls were taken to Leipzig, Germany, in the 1880s will receive a jazz funeral.
New Orleans holds burial for African American skulls 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 ...
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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 ...
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Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were ...
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 ...
19 Black Americans' skulls return to New Orleans after 150 years for memorial service
The city of New Orleans, Dillard University and other agencies to give them a proper memorial service on Saturday.