New Orleans Holds Burial of Repatriated African Americans Whose Skulls Were Used in Racist Research

Skulls of 19 African Americans returned to New Orleans after 140 years

More than a century after their remains were taken and sent overseas for racist scientific study, 19 African Americans are finally coming home

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research

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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 traditional jazz funeral.

‘Now they are home’: human skulls shipped overseas from New Orleans for racist research to be laid to rest

Remains dating back to late 18th century are being repatriated and interred, with commemoration and jazz funeralIn the late 1800s, 19 Black New Orleanians’ heads were dismembered and shipped to Leipzig University in Germany for research. The 19 had died at New Orleans’ charity hospital between 1871 and 1872, and the research, which was commonplace at the time, sought to confirm and explore the now widely debunked theory that Black people’s brain…

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.