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, a New ...
CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A JAZZ FUNERAL WAS HELD ON DILLARD UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS TODAY AS 19 PEOPLE SKULLS WERE RETURNED TO NEW ORLEANS AFTER 150 YEARS. THIS SKULL SENT TO GERMANY FOR RACIAL. PSUEDO ...
New Orleans conducted a deeply meaningful ceremony combining multifaith memorial services with traditional jazz funeral celebrations to honor 19 African American individuals whose remains were finally ...
More than 150 years after their deaths, the remains of 19 Black people were finally laid to rest in New Orleans — the city they once called home — with the dignity they were long denied. On May 31, ...
Marie Louise was a lifelong New Orleanian who died of malnutrition. Hiram Malone came to Louisiana from Alabama, hospitalized at 21 with a fatal case of pneumonia. Samuel Prince was a 40-year-old cook ...
Lillian Boutté-l’Etienne, the jazz and gospel singer who spent decades in Europe advocating for the music of her native New Orleans, died May 23 following a long illness. She was 75. The fourth oldest ...
NEW ORLEANS — A beloved New Orleans singer, Lillian Boutté was remembered on Saturday as friends, family and fans gathered in her honor. The jazz vocalist died last month after a lengthy illness. Her ...
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