Dillard University invites you to a historic memorial and jazz funeral honoring 19 African Americans whose remains were wrongfully taken from New Orleans in the late 1800s and sent to the University of Leipzig in Germany for racially-biased scientific research.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Viewing: 9 a.m | Service: 11 a.m.
Lawless Memorial Chapel, Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122
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This moment offers an opportunity to honor the memory of 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, and Henry Anderson, and two unknown individuals-and to lay them to rest with the respect and ceremony they were long denied.
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans Louisiana 70122
(504) 283 – 8822
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