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Skulls of 19 Black people returned to New Orleans after 150 years
After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...
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New book explores New Orleans queer icons and culture through 85 essays
Frank Perez’s “Rainbow Fleur de Lis” collects 85 of his essays, published over the past dozen years in “Ambush Magazine” and ...
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A New Orleans attorney is buying the Poor Clare monastery, vowing to honor its 'beauty and nature'
Retired attorney and preservationist Tony Gelderman has restored several historic buildings over the past 30 years. His ...
New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research
New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...
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Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were ...
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The New Orleans funeral reminds us that grief is a burden that can be shared
Some historians place the origins of the New Orleans second line in the early 1800s, along with the creation of Black-led mutual aid societies. However, cultural leaders and historians such as ...