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

A jazz funeral celebrates the return and remembrance of 19 African American individuals taken for racial pseudoscience over ...

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

After battling cancer for 13 years, Philip Rotte was remembered with music, memories, and one last drink with friends.

New Orleans honored 19 African American individuals with jazz funeral ceremony after their remains were repatriated from ...

A jazz funeral was held for the 19 people whose skulls were used in a racist scientific study in Germany over 150 years.

Lillian Boutté-l’Etienne, the jazz and gospel singer who spent decades in Europe advocating for the music of her native New ...

“The City of New Orleans has a long tradition of jazz funerals, but Saturday it is holding a Jazz funeral.” So read the news ...

Dr. Eva Baham, a historian who led Dillard’s repatriation efforts in partnership with the University of Leipzig, joined ...

NEW ORLEANS — A jazz funeral was held Saturday in New Orleans for 19 Black individuals whose skulls were used in a racist scientific study in Germany more than 150 years ago. In the 1800s ...