After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...

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

On the front lawn of the now-destroyed Nottoway Plantation were charred relics of atrocities gone by: a pair of flat-back rocking chairs, a wooden end table, and other sorry debris of what — until a ...

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...

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

We are all of that, but we are tired of hearing it. Black New Orleans withstood the battle. But we are still undergoing the war. Photographed by Edward Buckles Jr. Styled by Megan Coates New ...

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

The French claimed and named New Orleans in 1718. Later, it was controlled by Spain, returned to French rule, and, finally, sold to Thomas Jefferson as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Some hearty ...

Louisiana State Police located and apprehended Myles in the French Quarter, a busy tourist area in New Orleans, Sheriff Susan Hutson said during a 3:30 p.m. press conference. Authorities found the ...

A marriage certificate from the Louisiana State Archives shows Leo's maternal grandparents — Joseph N. Martinez and Louise Baquie — married in New Orleans on Sept. 17, 1887. Historians say the ...

“Prevost, that sounds very much like a Louisiana name,” said Jari Honora, who works at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Intrigued, Honora began combing through public databases and soon ...