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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 ...
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 ...
Tulsa’s First Black Mayor Plans To ‘Repair’ Race Massacre Damage
The first Black mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has proposed a $100 million private trust to the descendants of the Tulsa Race ...
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.
Memorial Day's hidden history: How Black Americans started the day of remembrance
One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.
Dillard University honors 19 African Americans whose remains were used for racially biased research
After their bodies were dismembered over a century ago and their skulls sent to Germany in racially-biased phrenology ...
DIA's revamped African American art galleries to reopen in heart of museum this fall
The presentation is in the process of being moved to the heart of the Detroit Institute of Arts, adjacent to the Diago Rivera murals at Rivera Court.
History's Headlines: Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
Several years ago, two African American women, Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, decided to do some research on the history of ...
At ISU, it won't be an 'African American' culture center much longer
The Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center is undergoing transition, and one of the changes will include dropping ...