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New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/new-orleans-burial-african-americans-skulls-used-racist-research-rcna210176New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research
A New Orleans physician provided the skulls of the 19 people to a German researcher engaged phrenological studies — the debunked belief that a person's skull could determine innate racial characteristics.
May 31, 2025, 4:48 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans celebrated the return 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.
On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service including a jazz funeral, one of the city's most distinct traditions, paid tribute to the humanity of those coming home to their final resting place at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial.
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is not distant enough to feel safe that the most racist among us might not want to return.
for those lost and abused souls... They deserved so much better.
