In the 1800s, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black residents to Leipzig, Germany, where researchers engaged in ...

The city of New Orleans, Dillard University and other agencies to give them a proper memorial service on Saturday.

After 155 years, the remains of Black New Orleanians, used in a racially based German medical research, are being sent home.

More than a century ago, the skulls of 19 African Americans who lived and died in New Orleans were collected and sent to ...

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were ...

Baham leads a team of academics who have worked to return the 19 skulls back to New Orleans after more than a century of ...

After more than a century and a half, 19 souls taken from 19th-century New Orleans are finally coming home, honored by a city determined to preserve their dignity.

Batiste, a pillar of New Orleans’ music scene and longtime educator. The memorial service will be ... life will be held at St. Katherine Drexel Chapel at 3932 Pine Street. A viewing will be ...