Honoring the Nineteen
Honoring the Nineteen in a Solemn Celebration of Their Return to New Orleans
Dillard University welcomes the community to a momentous memorial and jazz funeral ceremony dedicated to honoring 19 African American individuals whose remains were unjustly removed from New Orleans in the late 19th century and sent to the University of Leipzig in Germany for use in racially motivated scientific studies.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Viewing: 9 a.m. | Memorial Service: 11 a.m.
Lawless Memorial Chapel, Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122
This solemn occasion will pay tribute to Adam Grant, Isaak Bell, Hiram Smith, William Pierson, Henry Williams, John Brown, Hiram Malone, William Roberts, Alice Brown, Prescilla Hatchet, Marie Louise, Mahala, Samuel Prince, John Tolman, Henry Allen, Moses Willis, Henry Anderson, and two unidentified individuals—restoring the dignity and recognition denied to them for over a century.
Repatriation Resources
- Leipzig Repatriation Remains
- Repatriation Human Remains Bios
- Repatriation Summary Report on Research
- Leipzig Anthropology Report 2025
- Addendum to Anthropological Assessment
- Addendum to Anthropology Report