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@ The Guardian U.S. - by layer3.news
2025-05-30 19:52:42
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✍️ The skulls of 19 Black New Orleanians who died in the 1800s were shipped to a German university for research, and are now being repatriated and laid to rest in New Orleans.
👉 19 Black New Orleanians' skulls were sent to Leipzig University in Germany for research in the late 1800s
👉 The research was conducted to confirm the now-debunked theory that Black people's brains were smaller than those of other races
👉 The skulls are being repatriated and will be laid to rest in a memorial service in New Orleans
👉 A jazz funeral will be held to honor the deceased
#MoniqueGuillory #EvaBaham #HenryDSchmidt #EmilLudwigSchmidt #NewOrleans #LeipzigUniversity #Germany #Louisiana #Virginia #NorthCarolina #Missouri #SouthCarolina #Tennessee #Georgia #Kentucky #world
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