Black Americans' Remains Repatriated to New Orleans After 150 Years
TL;DR
The skulls of 19 Black Americans, studied in racist research in Germany over a century ago, have been returned to New Orleans and laid to rest in a jazz funeral, highlighting issues of historical injustice and cultural remembrance.
- Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans NPR
- Remains of 19 Black Americans returned to New Orleans nearly 150 years later ABC News
- New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research NBC News
- NO.dillardfuneral.adv.62.jpg The Advocate
- Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany The New York Times
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