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Stolen, Returned, Remembered: 19 Black Americans Reburied in New Orleans

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a moving display of remembrance and restoration, Dillard University, the City of New Orleans, and University Medical Center held a traditional jazz funeral and memorial service to honor the 13 men, four women, and two unidentified individuals whose remains were stolen in the 1870s by a local physician and sent overseas.

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11 months ago

June 2, 2025

Stacy M. Brown

Dillard University hosted jazz funeral honoring 19 individuals whose skulls were returned to New Orleans after being sent to Leipzig, Germany for racial pseudoscience over 150 years ago / Malachi Casimire, Dillard University.

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Stacy M. Brown

A Little About Me: I'm the co-author of Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway and her son, Stevie Wonder (Simon & Schuster) and Michael Jackson: The Man Behind The Mask, An Insider's Account of the King of Pop (Select Books Publishing, Inc.) My work can often be found in the Washington Informer, Baltimore Times, Philadelphia Tribune, Pocono Record, the New York Post, and Black Press USA.