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 ...

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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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast, New Orleans is set to commemorate the anniversary Friday with memorials, performances and a parade to honor those ...