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.

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 St. Louis Cemetery No ... You don’t have to be religious to appreciate this historical place in New Orleans. The Old Ursuline Convent Museum is the city’s oldest ...

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.

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...

New Orleans is a city built ... one of the most majestic neighborhoods in New Orleans. Even the cemeteries seem opulent, particularly Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, which quietly sits across from ...